Questions & Answers about Наша гостиница удобная.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the verb "to be" is almost always skipped in the present tense. So instead of saying "Our hotel is comfortable," you literally just say Наша гостиница удобная (Our hotel comfortable).
Why do we use Наша instead of Наш for "our"?
In Russian, words like "our", "my", or "your" have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because гостиница ends in -а, it is a feminine noun. Therefore, we must use the feminine form Наша instead of the masculine form Наш.
Why does удобная end in -ая?
Just like the word for "our", adjectives (describing words) must match the gender of the noun they describe. The ending -ая is the standard ending for feminine adjectives, perfectly matching the feminine noun гостиница.
If I change the order to Наша удобная гостиница, does it mean the same thing?
Not quite! Because Russian drops the word "is" in the present tense, word order helps us tell a full sentence from a simple phrase. Putting the describing word at the end makes it a full statement: "Our hotel is comfortable." If you put it before the noun (Наша удобная гостиница), it becomes a phrase meaning "Our comfortable hotel."
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