Breakdown of Опытный повар быстро приготовил вкусный ужин.
вкусный
tasty
приготовить
to prepare
ужин
the dinner
быстро
quickly
Questions & Answers about Опытный повар быстро приготовил вкусный ужин.
What case is each word in this sentence?
Here is the basic breakdown:
- опытный — nominative singular masculine
- повар — nominative singular masculine
- быстро — adverb, so it does not have case
- приготовил — verb, past tense, masculine singular
- вкусный — accusative singular masculine
- ужин — accusative singular masculine
Why these cases?
- опытный повар is the subject, so it is in the nominative.
- вкусный ужин is the direct object, so it is in the accusative.
- быстро modifies the verb, so it is an adverb, not a noun or adjective form with case.
In this sentence, the accusative form вкусный ужин looks the same as the nominative form because ужин is a masculine inanimate noun.
Why is it опытный, not some other adjective ending?
Because опытный must agree with повар.
The noun повар is:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
So the adjective also has to be:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
That gives опытный.
This is one of the most important patterns in Russian: adjectives agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.