Questions & Answers about Текст шесть очень трудный.
Why do we use шесть (six) here instead of a word like "sixth"?
Just like in English, you can refer to a specific item in a series by putting a normal number (a cardinal number) right after the noun. Текст шесть translates exactly to "Text six."
Does the word order matter? Could I say шесть текст?
Yes, word order matters a lot here! Putting the number after the noun makes it a label: "Text (number) six." If you put the number first, it means a quantity ("six texts"), which would require changing the ending of the word текст (a rule you will learn in a later lesson!).
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" (am, is, are) is almost always skipped. So, the sentence is literally put together as "Text six very difficult."
Why does трудный end in -ый?
Трудный is an adjective describing the word текст. Because текст is a masculine noun (it ends in a consonant), the adjective must match its gender by taking the standard masculine ending -ый.
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