Этот бутон ещё закрыт.

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Breakdown of Этот бутон ещё закрыт.

• закрытый: closed
• ещё: still
• бутон: the bud

Questions & Answers about Этот бутон ещё закрыт.

Why is it этот and not эта, это, or эти?

Because бутон is a masculine singular noun.

In Russian, demonstratives like this must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case:

• этот = masculine singular
• эта = feminine singular
• это = neuter singular
• эти = plural

Since бутон is masculine singular, the correct form is этот бутон.

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What case is бутон in here?

It is in the nominative case.

That is because бутон is the subject of the sentence — the thing being described as closed.

So the structure is basically:

• Этот бутон = the subject
• ещё закрыт = what is being said about it

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Why is there no word for is in the sentence?