Breakdown of Я вижу жёлтые листья и синие глаза.
и
and
я
I
синий
dark blue
жёлтый
yellow
видеть
to see
лист
leaf
глаз
eye
Questions & Answers about Я вижу жёлтые листья и синие глаза.
Is листья an irregular plural like друзья and братья?
Yes! The singular is лист (leaf). Instead of taking a standard plural ending like -ы, it adds -ья. This is the exact same irregular pattern you see in братья (brothers) and друзья (friends).
Why does the plural for eyes (глаза) end in -а?
Глаз (eye) is a masculine word, so you might expect it to end in -ы. However, it belongs to a small group of common masculine nouns that take a stressed -а in the plural. You will also see this irregular pattern in words like дома (houses) and города (cities).
After вижу (I see), shouldn't these words be in the accusative case?
They are! The verb вижу does require the accusative case. But remember the rule for inanimate objects (things that are not alive): their accusative plural form looks exactly the same as their dictionary (nominative) plural form. If you were seeing living people or animals, the endings would change.
Why do the plural adjectives have different endings (жёлтые vs синие)?
Both are in the plural form, but they belong to different adjective types. Жёлтый is a regular hard-stem adjective, so it takes the standard -ые ending. Синий, however, is a soft-stem adjective, which means it uses softer vowels and takes the -ие ending in the plural.
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