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Questions & Answers about Третий урок интересный.
Why is there no verb in this sentence, like есть or является?
In Russian the present‐tense copula быть (“to be”) is normally omitted. So instead of saying Третий урок есть интересный or Третий урок является интересным, you simply say Третий урок интересный and the “is” is understood.
What case are третий, урок and интересный in?
All three words are masculine nominative singular.
- урок (lesson) is the subject of the sentence and takes the nominative.
- Both третий (ordinal number) and интересный (adjective) agree with урок in gender, number and case.
How do ordinal numbers like третий change form?
Ordinal numbers in Russian behave like adjectives: they have endings for gender, number and case. From the base cardinal number три:
• Masculine Nom. Sing. → третий
• Feminine Nom. Sing. → третья
• Neuter Nom. Sing. → третье
• Plural Nom. → третьи
And each of these will take the appropriate endings in other cases (e.g. третьего, третьему etc.).
Why is третий formed from три with a stem change, instead of just ?