Questions & Answers about Я не люблю шумные города.
Why is города in the plural instead of город?
In Russian, when you talk about things in general (“noisy cities” as a category), you normally use the plural. Saying город (singular) without a determinative would sound odd if you mean “cities in general.”
• город (singular) would usually refer to a specific city (“a/one city”).
• города (plural) expresses “cities” as a group or type.
What case is города in here, and why?
Города is in the accusative plural.
- The verb любить (“to love/like”) takes a direct object in the accusative case.
- For inanimate masculine nouns, the accusative plural form is identical to the nominative plural.
– Nominative plural of город → города
– Accusative plural of город → города
Why does the adjective шумные end with -ые?