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Внимательный врач слушает.

Внимательный врач слушает.
An attentive doctor listens.
From Lesson 20:Adverbs of manner (как, очень)·Russian

Breakdown of Внимательный врач слушает.

врач
doctor
слушать
to listen
внимательный
attentive

Questions & Answers about Внимательный врач слушает.

This lesson is about adverbs. How would I change this sentence to say 'The doctor listens attentively'?
You would change the adjective внимательный (attentive) to the adverb внимательно (attentively). Adverbs typically end in -о and describe the action (the verb) instead of the noun. The new sentence would be Врач внимательно слушает.
Why does the word внимательный end in -ый?
It is a standard masculine adjective ending. It takes this form to match the noun it describes, врач (doctor), which is a grammatically masculine word acting as the subject of the sentence.
Does the verb слушает tell us if the doctor is a man or a woman?
No. In the present tense, Russian verbs only change based on the grammatical person (I, you, he/she/it), not their gender. The ending -ет is used for any third-person singular subject. Note that the masculine adjective внимательный is used here because words for professions like врач are grammatically masculine, even if the specific doctor happens to be a woman.
The English translation says 'An attentive doctor', but where is the word for 'An'?
Russian does not have articles like 'a', 'an', or 'the'. Depending on the context of the surrounding conversation, Внимательный врач can mean either 'An attentive doctor' or 'The attentive doctor'.

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