Ежедневные усилия постепенно увеличивают мой успех.

Daily efforts gradually increase my success.

Breakdown of Ежедневные усилия постепенно увеличивают мой успех.

• мой: my
• успех: the success
• ежедневный: daily
• усилие: the effort

Questions & Answers about Ежедневные усилия постепенно увеличивают мой успех.

Why is ежедневные in the plural, and what does it agree with?

Ежедневные is an adjective in the nominative plural form. It agrees with the noun усилия:

• ежедневные – nominative, plural
• усилия – nominative, plural

In Russian, adjectives must match the noun they describe in gender, number, and case. Since усилия is the subject and is plural, ежедневные also has to be plural nominative.

Why is усилия plural? Could I say ежедневное усилие instead?

Усилия is the plural of усилие (effort). Russian often uses the plural to talk about effort in a general, repeated, or accumulated sense:

• ежедневные усилия – daily efforts (many acts of effort over time)

You could say ежедневное усилие, but it would sound like you are focusing on one effort per day. The plural is more natural for the idea of consistently putting in effort again and again.

What case is усилия, and how do we know?

Усилия is in the nominative plural, because it is the subject of the sentence:

• Subject: Ежедневные усилия
• Verb: увеличивают
• Object: мой успех

The subject of a Russian sentence is normally in the nominative case, and the verb in the 3rd person plural () agrees with this plural subject.