Questions & Answers about Новое обновление меньше.
Does меньше mean "smaller" or "less"?
It can mean both! Меньше is the irregular comparative form for both the adjective маленький (small) and the adverb/quantity word мало (little/few). Because we are describing a specific thing here (обновление) rather than an amount or an action, it translates to "smaller".
Since обновление is a neuter noun, why doesn't меньше change its ending to match?
Irregular comparative words like меньше, больше, лучше, and хуже are invariable. This means they never change their endings, regardless of the gender, number, or case of the noun they are comparing.
Where is the verb "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" (is, am, are) is almost always dropped. To say "The update is smaller," you literally just say "Update smaller" (Обновление меньше).
Why does the word for "new" end in -ое (новое)?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. The word обновление (update) is a neuter noun because it ends in -е. Therefore, the adjective takes the neuter nominative ending -ое.
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