Questions & Answers about Женские джинсы дорогие.
Why do both adjectives женские and дорогие end in -ие instead of the usual plural ending -ые?
They are plural adjectives describing the plural noun джинсы. Normally, plural adjectives end in -ые. However, the 7-letter spelling rule states we can never write the letter ы after к, г, х, ш, ж, ч, or щ. Because the stem of женские ends in к and дорогие ends in г, we must use и instead, making the ending -ие.
Is джинсы always plural in Russian, just like in English?
Yes! Just like in English, джинсы (jeans) is a plural-only word. Because it is always plural, any adjectives or pronouns describing it must also take their plural forms.
Why use an adjective (женские) here instead of a possessive noun like 'women's'?
In English, we often use a noun with an apostrophe-s (women's) to describe who an item of clothing is for. Russian prefers to use a dedicated adjective. Женские is an adjective that means 'female' or 'for women', so literally this sentence says 'Female jeans are expensive'.
Where is the word for 'are' in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb 'to be' (am, is, are) is almost always left out. The sentence literally translates as 'Women's jeans expensive'.
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