Breakdown of Моё любимое озеро очень глубокое.
мой
my (мой, моя, моё) / mine
очень
very
любимый
favourite
глубокий
deep
озеро
lake
Questions & Answers about Моё любимое озеро очень глубокое.
Since we are learning about самый, why doesn't this sentence say моё самое любимое озеро?
The word любимое means favorite, which inherently implies it is the one you like the most. While you can say самое любимое to add extra emphasis (meaning your absolute favorite), simply using любимое on its own is the standard and most natural way to express this in Russian.
Why do the words любимое and глубокое both end in -ое?
They are adjectives describing the noun озеро (lake). Because озеро is a neuter noun, any adjective describing it must take the neuter ending, which is usually -ое in the nominative (subject) case.
Is the word моё changing to match the noun here too?
Yes! Possessive words like мой (my) change their form to match the gender and case of the noun they describe. Because озеро is neuter, мой changes to its neuter form, моё.
Why isn't there a word for "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" is almost always skipped. You don't need a linking word to connect the subject (моё любимое озеро) with its description (очень глубокое).
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