Скол маленький, а уценка большая.

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Breakdown of Скол маленький, а уценка большая.

• а: and
• маленький: little
• уценка: the price markdown

Questions & Answers about Скол маленький, а уценка большая.

Why is there no verb in this sentence? Shouldn’t it say something like Скол есть маленький?

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

So:

• Скол маленький = The chip is small
• Уценка большая = The markdown is big / The discount is large

Russian does not usually say есть in sentences like this. Using есть here would sound unnatural.

A useful pattern to remember is:

• Он студент. = He is a student.
• Дом большой. = The house is big.
• Скол маленький. = The chip is small.

So this sentence is perfectly normal Russian.

Why are the adjectives маленький and большая different?

Because they must agree with the nouns they describe.

• скол is masculine singular
• уценка is feminine singular

So the adjectives change form:

• маленький скол → masculine singular
• большая уценка → feminine singular

That is why you get:

• Скол маленький
• Уценка большая

This is basic adjective agreement in Russian: adjectives match the noun in gender, number, and case.