Learn Hardcore Russian: Эта фирма выпускает качественные джинсы. - This company produces high-quality jeans.

Джинсы is in the plural accusative. However, since it is an inanimate noun, its accusative plural form coincides with the nominative plural (джинсы).

Why is джинсы always used in the plural, not the singular?

Because джинсы is a plurale tantum noun in Russian: it only exists in the plural to mean “a pair of jeans.” There is no singular form.

How does the adjective качественные agree with джинсы?

Adjectives must match the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. Here джинсы is plural, accusative (same form as nominative for inanimates), so качественные is in the nominative/accusative plural form as well.

What does выпускает mean, and what part of speech is it?

Выпускает is a verb meaning “produces,” “manufactures,” or “releases.” It’s the 3rd person singular, present tense form of the imperfective verb выпускать.

What is the aspect of выпускает, and how would you say “will produce” or “produced (once)”?

Выпускает is imperfective, focusing on a habitual or ongoing action (“produces”).
– To say “will produce (once),” use the perfective выпустит.
– To say “produced (once),” use выпустила (fem. sg.) or выпустил (masc. sg.) depending on the subject.

Could you use производит instead of выпускает, and is there a nuance?

Yes. Производить also means “to manufacture/produce.”
Nuance: выпускать often implies “to release (into the market),” whereas производить focuses on the manufacturing process itself.

Why isn’t there an article like “the” or “a” before фирма?

Russian does not use articles. Definiteness or indefiniteness is conveyed through context, word order, or demonstratives like эта (“this”).

What is the gender, number, and case of фирма, and why is it here?

Фирма is a feminine noun ending in -а, in the nominative singular, because it functions as the subject of the sentence.

What role does эта play, and how does it agree with фирма?

Эта is a demonstrative pronoun meaning “this.” It agrees with фирма in gender (feminine), number (singular), and case (nominative): эта фирма = “this firm.”

Why is the word order “Эта фирма выпускает качественные джинсы” and could it change?

The default Russian word order is Subject–Verb–Object (SVO). You could rearrange for emphasis—e.g., “Качественные джинсы выпускает эта фирма” (“It’s this firm that produces quality jeans”)—but SVO is neutral.

Where is the stress in выпускает and качественные, and how are they pronounced?

– выпускает: vy-POOS-ka-yet (stress on поо).
– качественные: KA-chest-ven-nye (stress on ка).