Breakdown of Ты видишь мои новые очки?
ты
you (singular)
новый
new
мой
my (мой, моя, моё) / mine
видеть
to see
очки
glasses
Questions & Answers about Ты видишь мои новые очки?
Why do мои and новые have these specific endings?
They are in the plural form to match очки (glasses). The plural of the possessive pronoun мой (my) is мои, and the plural ending for the adjective новый (new) is -ые, making it новые.
Since the glasses are the object being seen, shouldn't they be in the accusative case?
They are! For inanimate plural objects (things that are not alive, like glasses), the accusative case looks exactly the same as the nominative case. So the nominative plural forms you are learning right now double as the direct object forms here.
Is the word очки always plural in Russian, just like in English?
Yes, очки (glasses) is a plural-only noun in Russian. Because of this, any adjectives or pronouns describing it must always take the plural form, even if you are only talking about one single pair of glasses.
Why does видишь end in -ишь when its dictionary form видеть ends in -еть?
You have spotted a common exception! Most verbs ending in -еть use -е- in their endings, like делаешь (you do). However, видеть (to see) is an irregular verb that uses -и- endings.
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