Questions & Answers about Торт очень сладкий.
Why is there no word for "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the verb "to be" (am/is/are) is almost always left out in the present tense. You literally say "Cake very sweet."
This lesson is about plurals. How do we make the word торт plural?
Since торт is a masculine noun ending in a consonant, it takes the standard -ы ending for plurals. So, "cakes" is торты.
Why does сладкий end in -ий instead of the regular masculine ending -ый?
This happens because of the "7-letter spelling rule." You can never write the letter ы after к, г, х, ш, щ, ж, or ч. Because the stem of the word for sweet ends in к (сладк-), you must use и, making it сладкий.
How would we change this whole sentence to say "The cakes are very sweet"?
You need to change both the noun and the adjective to their plural forms. The sentence becomes Торты очень сладкие. Notice that the adjective ending becomes -ие for the plural, while the word for "very" (очень) never changes.
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