Breakdown of Моя подруга говорит, что нет глупых вопросов, есть только лень спрашивать.
мой
my
говорить
to say
быть
to be
подруга
the friend
Questions & Answers about Моя подруга говорит, что нет глупых вопросов, есть только лень спрашивать.
Why is it моя подруга and not мой подруга or моя друг?
In Russian, both nouns and possessive pronouns have grammatical gender and must agree.
- подруга = “(female) friend” and is feminine.
- The feminine form of “my” is моя.
- So you must say моя подруга.
Compare:
- мой друг – my (male) friend → друг is masculine, so мой
- моя подруга – my (female) friend → подруга is feminine, so моя
What is the difference between друг and подруга?
Both mean “friend,” but they differ in gender:
- друг – male friend (grammatically masculine)
- подруга – female friend (grammatically feminine)
In everyday speech:
- A man or a woman can say мой друг about a male friend.
- A man or a woman can say моя подруга about a female friend.
In modern colloquial Russian, друг is sometimes used more generally (like “buddy”), but if you want to explicitly mark a female friend, подруга is the normal word.
Why is говорит in the present tense and not past, like сказала?
Говорит (3rd person singular present) here expresses something like: