Word
Ветер сегодня тёплый.
Meaning
The wind is warm today.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Ветер сегодня тёплый.
Why is there no word is in Ветер сегодня тёплый?
In Russian the present‐tense form of the verb быть (to be) is usually omitted in simple nominal sentences. Instead of saying Ветер сегодня есть тёплый, you just say Ветер сегодня тёплый and the adjective тёплый carries the meaning is warm on its own. This is a normal feature of Russian grammar.
What is the gender, number, and case of ветер, and how does that affect the form тёплый?
Ветер is a masculine, singular noun in the nominative case (it’s the subject of the sentence). In Russian adjectives must agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case. That is why тёплый ends with -ый (masculine singular nominative). If ветер were feminine or plural, the adjective ending would change (for example, тёплое for neuter or тёплые for plural).
What part of speech is сегодня, and why is it placed between ветер and тёплый?
Сегодня is an adverb of time (it means today). Russian word order is quite flexible, so you can position adverbs, adjectives, and subjects in various ways. Putting сегодня between the subject (ветер) and the adjective (тёплый) simply gives a neutral statement: first the subject, then the time, then the description.
Can I rearrange the words as or ? Do these changes affect the meaning?