Questions & Answers about Эти джинсы слишком тесные.
Why is джинсы plural? In English, jeans is plural too, but we often think of it as one item of clothing.
In Russian, джинсы is also treated as a plural-only noun. That means it normally appears only in the plural, even when you mean one pair of jeans.
So Russian agrees with it as plural:
- эти джинсы = these jeans
- новые джинсы = new jeans
- джинсы тесные = the jeans are tight
This is similar to other clothing items like:
- брюки = trousers/pants
- шорты = shorts
Why is it эти and not это, эта, or этот?
Because эти is the plural form of this/these.
The word джинсы is plural, so the demonstrative has to match it:
- этот = this (masculine singular)
- эта = this (feminine singular)
- это = this (neuter singular)
- эти = these (plural)
Since джинсы is plural, Russian uses эти:
- Эти джинсы = These jeans
Why does тесные end in -ые?