Мой друг не осуждает людей за ошибки.

the friend

Breakdown of Мой друг не осуждает людей за ошибки.

• мой: my
• не: not
• за: for

Questions & Answers about Мой друг не осуждает людей за ошибки.

What case is мой друг, and why is it мой and not моя?

Мой друг is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence – the one doing the action of not judging.

• друг (friend) is a masculine noun.
• The possessive мой agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case.

Possessive forms in the nominative singular are:

• мой – masculine (мой друг – my (male) friend)
• моя – feminine (моя подруга – my (female) friend)
• моё – neuter (моё письмо – my letter)
• мои – plural (мои друзья – my friends)

So you use мой here because друг is masculine singular and is the subject.

What exactly does осуждает mean? Is it more like “judge” or “condemn”?