Breakdown of Это красивый город, и парк тоже красивый.
это
this / it is
и
and
парк
park
тоже
also
город
city
красивый
beautiful
Questions & Answers about Это красивый город, и парк тоже красивый.
Why do we use и here instead of а for "and"?
The conjunction и is used to connect similar ideas or to simply add information. Because both the city and the park are described as beautiful, they are in agreement. We would use а if we were making a contrast, such as saying the city is beautiful but the park is ugly.
Why is there a comma before и?
In Russian, you must always use a comma before conjunctions like и and а when they connect two complete clauses. A clause is a part of a sentence with its own subject. Since "This is a beautiful city" and "the park is beautiful too" could stand alone as full sentences, they must be separated by a comma.
Why is the word "is" missing in both halves of the sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" (am, is, are) is almost always skipped. You just place the subject and its description side by side. So, Это красивый город literally means "This a beautiful city" and парк тоже красивый means "park also beautiful".
Why does красивый have the exact same ending both times it is used?
Adjectives in Russian must match the gender of the noun they describe. Both город (city) and парк (park) end in a consonant, which makes them masculine nouns. Therefore, the adjective takes the standard masculine ending -ый in both halves of the sentence.
Why isn't тоже placed at the very end of the sentence like "too" often is in English?
In Russian, тоже (also or too) typically goes right after the subject or right before the word it emphasizes. Saying парк тоже красивый is the standard and most natural word order, whereas putting it at the absolute end of the sentence feels unnatural to a Russian speaker.
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