Word
Это красивая безделушка.
Meaning
This is a beautiful trinket.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Это красивая безделушка.
Why is it это, not эта, if безделушка is feminine?
Because это here does not directly modify безделушка.
In Это красивая безделушка, это means this is... and stays in the fixed form это.
Compare:
- Это красивая безделушка. = This is a pretty trinket.
- Эта красивая безделушка... = This pretty trinket...
In the second example, эта directly goes with the feminine noun безделушка, so it has to agree with it.
Why does красивая end in -ая?
Because it agrees with безделушка, which is:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
Russian adjectives change their endings to match the noun they describe.
So you get:
- masculine: красивый
- feminine: красивая
- neuter: красивое
- plural: красивые
Since безделушка is feminine singular, красивая is the correct form.
What case is безделушка in here?