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Questions & Answers about Его голос громкий.
Why is there no word for “is” in Его голос громкий? In English we say “His voice is loud.”
Russian usually omits “to be” in the present tense when linking a noun and an adjective or a noun and a noun.
- Literal structure: Его голос (есть) громкий.
- The verb есть (“is/are”) is understood but normally left out in everyday modern Russian in the present tense.
- In the past and future, you need the verb:
- Его голос был громкий. – His voice was loud.
- Его голос будет громкий. – His voice will be loud.
So Его голос громкий = “His voice is loud,” even though there is no separate word for “is.”
What exactly is его here? Why not он or ему?