Questions & Answers about Это очень вкусный суп.
Why does вкусный end in -ый?
Adjectives in Russian change their endings to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because суп (soup) is a masculine noun, the adjective вкусный (tasty) takes the standard masculine nominative ending -ый.
Why do we use the neuter word Это to mean "This is" when суп is masculine?
When это is used to introduce something, meaning "This is..." or "It is...", it acts as a fixed pointing word and always stays neuter. If you instead wanted to say "This soup is very tasty" (where "this" directly attaches to the noun), you would change it to the masculine Этот: Этот суп очень вкусный.
Is there no verb for "is" in this sentence?
That's right! In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" is almost always dropped. So, Это очень вкусный суп literally translates to "This very tasty soup," but it means "This is a very tasty soup."
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