Questions & Answers about Здесь только один студент.
Why do we use один here instead of another word for "one"?
In Russian, the number "one" has to match the gender of the noun you are counting. Because студент (student) is a masculine noun, we use the masculine form один. If we were counting a feminine noun, we would use одна.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
Russian usually skips the verb "to be" (am/is/are) in the present tense. Literally, this sentence just translates to "Here only one student."
Why doesn't the sentence start with a word for "There" like in the English translation "There is"?
Russian doesn't use "filler" words like the "there" in "there is". To say "there is [something] here," you just start with Здесь (Here) and state the thing that exists.
How is the 'o' in один pronounced here?
Because the stress (emphasis) is on the second syllable, the first letter 'o' is unstressed. In Russian, an unstressed 'o' sounds like a short "ah" or "uh". So, один sounds close to "ah-DEEN".
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