Questions & Answers about Розовый — это светлый цвет.
How would I use the new question word какой to get this sentence as an answer?
You would ask, Розовый — это какой цвет? (What kind of color is pink?). Because цвет (color) is a masculine noun, you use the masculine question word какой. The answer then provides the matching masculine adjective, светлый.
Why do both розовый and светлый end in -ый?
The -ый ending is the standard suffix for masculine adjectives in the nominative case (their basic dictionary form). They both take this masculine ending because they describe цвет, which is a masculine noun since it ends in a consonant.
Why is there a dash and the word это instead of a Russian verb for 'is'?
In the present tense, Russian omits the verb 'to be' (is, am, are). When you are defining something or saying 'Noun A is Noun B' (here, 'Pink is a color'), it is standard to link the two ideas using a long dash and the word это.
Розовый is an adjective, but it is used as the subject ('Pink') here. Is that allowed?
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