Questions & Answers about Эта комната тоже большая.
Why do we use Эта here instead of Это?
In Russian, when you point out a specific noun like "this room", the word for "this" must match the noun's gender. Because комната (room) is feminine, we use the feminine form Эта. If you were just stating "This is a room" as a general fact, you would use the neutral default Это: Это комната.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In the present tense, Russian doesn't use a word for "am", "is", or "are". You simply put the subject and its description together. So Эта комната тоже большая literally means "This room also big".
Why does the word for "big" end in -ая?
Descriptive words (adjectives) have to match the gender of the noun they describe. The standard dictionary form for "big" is the masculine большой, but since it describes комната (a feminine noun), it changes to the feminine form большая.
Could I use также instead of тоже to say "also" here?
Тоже is the most natural word here for saying "also" or "too" when pointing out a similarity (for example, you saw another big room, and this one is big too). Также is a bit more formal and is often used to add a new action or thought, so тоже is the better choice for this sentence.
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