Она милая.

She is sweet.

Breakdown of Она милая.

• она: she
• милый: dear; sweet

Questions & Answers about Она милая.

What does она mean?

Она means she.

It is the third-person singular pronoun used for a feminine person or thing. In this sentence, it tells you that the speaker is talking about a female person.

Why is it милая and not милый?

Because the adjective has to agree with the gender and number of what it describes.

Here, она is feminine singular, so the adjective is also feminine singular:

• милый = masculine singular
• милая = feminine singular
• милое = neuter singular
• милые = plural

So:

• Он милый. = He is nice/cute.
• Она милая. = She is nice/cute.

Why is there no word for is?

In Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So English She is nice becomes simply:

• Она милая.

This is completely normal Russian. You do not usually say a present-tense equivalent of is in sentences like this.

Does милая just mean cute?