Моя супруга любит тихий вечер дома.

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Breakdown of Моя супруга любит тихий вечер дома.

• любить: to love
• вечер: the evening
• дома: at home

Questions & Answers about Моя супруга любит тихий вечер дома.

Why is it моя супруга and not мой супруга?

In Russian, the possessive pronoun has to agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

• супруга is a feminine noun (meaning wife / spouse).
• The feminine nominative form of мой is моя.

So:

• мой супруг – my husband (masculine)
• моя супруга – my wife (feminine)

Using мой супруга would be grammatically wrong because мой is masculine, but супруга is feminine.

What is the difference between супруга and жена?

Both can mean wife, but they differ in tone and usage:

• жена – the neutral, everyday word for wife.

  • Common in normal conversation.
  • E.g. Это моя жена. – This is my wife.

• супруга – more formal, polite, or official.

  • Often used in formal speech, documents, public speaking, or when you want to sound respectful or slightly elevated.
  • E.g. Моя супруга работает врачом. – My spouse/wife works as a doctor.

In the sentence Моя супруга любит тихий вечер дома, the tone is slightly more elegant or formal than if it were Моя жена любит тихий вечер дома. Both are correct.