Сухие дрова быстро горят.

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Breakdown of Сухие дрова быстро горят.

• сухой: dry
• дрова: the firewood
• гореть: to burn

Questions & Answers about Сухие дрова быстро горят.

Why is сухие in that form?

Because it has to agree with дрова in number and case.

• дрова is plural
• here it is in the nominative plural because it is the subject
• so the adjective must also be nominative plural

That is why you get:

• masculine singular: сухой
• feminine singular: сухая
• neuter singular: сухое
• plural: сухие

So сухие дрова = dry firewood / dry logs.

Why is дрова plural? In English, firewood often feels singular.

Russian дрова is a plural-only noun in normal usage. This is called pluralia tantum.

So even when English uses an uncountable singular idea like firewood, Russian treats дрова as grammatically plural:

• дрова горят
• сухие дрова
• много дров

You normally do not use a singular form like дрово.

What case is дрова here?