Какая цена этого билета?

the ticket

Breakdown of Какая цена этого билета?

• этот: this
• цена: the price
• какая: what

Questions & Answers about Какая цена этого билета?

What does Какая mean in this sentence, and why is it in the feminine form?

Какая is an interrogative adjective meaning “what” or “which.” It takes the feminine singular form to agree with цена, which is a feminine noun in the nominative case.

Why is цена in the nominative case?

Here цена functions like the subject of the implied question “What is the price?” In Russian, when you ask about the identity or quality of something, that noun remains in the nominative case.

Why do we use этого билета in the genitive case, and how do you decline этот билет?

When you say “the price of something,” the “something” goes into the partitive/genitive case to show “of.”
• Билет (ticket) is masculine; its genitive singular is билета.
• The demonstrative этот agrees in case, number, and gender, so it becomes этого (masculine genitive).

Declension of этот билет (singular): • Nom.: этот билет
• Gen.: этого билета
• Dat.: этому билету
• Acc.: этот билет
• Inst.: этим билетом
• Prep.: этом билете

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