Learn Hardcore Russian: Эти джинсы дешёвые.

In Russian, the present‐tense copula is usually omitted. So instead of saying “These jeans are cheap”, you simply say “Эти джинсы дешёвые” — literally, “These jeans cheap.”

What case are эти джинсы in?

They’re in the nominative case, which is used for the subject of a sentence. Эти is the plural nominative form of the demonstrative “this,” and джинсы is a plural noun in its base (nominative) form.

Why is джинсы plural here?

Джинсы is a pluralia tantum noun in Russian: you never say “a jean” — it always appears in the plural to refer to a pair of jeans.

Why do эти and дешёвые end in plural forms?

In Russian, adjectives and demonstratives must agree with the noun in number, case, and gender. Since джинсы is plural, both эти (this) and дешёвые (cheap) take their plural nominative endings.

What does the ending -ые in дешёвые tell us?

The -ые ending marks a hard‐stem adjective in the . If it were feminine singular, it would be , masculine singular , and neuter .