Мой внук гуляет в парке.

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Breakdown of Мой внук гуляет в парке.

• парк: the park
• в: in
• гулять: to walk

Questions & Answers about Мой внук гуляет в парке.

What exactly does внук mean? Is it grandson or grandchild?

Внук is grammatically masculine and most often means grandson.

• внук = grandson
• внучка = granddaughter
• внуки = grandchildren (can be mixed or all of one gender)

In everyday speech, внук is usually understood specifically as a male grandchild, unless the context clearly makes it generic.

Why is it мой внук and not моя внук?

In Russian, possessive words like мой (my) agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they modify.

Внук is masculine singular, so you must use the masculine singular form мой.

Basic nominative forms of my:

• мой – masculine (мой внук – my grandson, мой брат – my brother)
• моя – feminine (моя внучка – my granddaughter, моя мама – my mom)
• моё – neuter (моё письмо – my letter)
• мои – plural (мои внуки – my grandchildren)

So мой внук is correct because внук is masculine.

Why is there no word for is in Мой внук гуляет в парке?