Questions & Answers about Летний вечер очень тёплый.
Why is there no word for "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the verb "to be" is skipped in the present tense. Instead of saying "is", you literally just say "Летний вечер очень тёплый" (Summer evening very warm).
Why does летний end in -ий but тёплый ends in -ый? Aren't they both masculine adjectives describing вечер?
Yes, they are both masculine adjectives! Most regular masculine adjectives take the hard ending -ый, like тёплый. However, летний has a soft stem (the consonant before the ending is pronounced softly), so it takes the soft ending -ий instead.
In English we just use the noun "summer" to describe the evening. Can I use the Russian noun лето here?
No, Russian doesn't let you stack nouns side-by-side like English does. You must use an actual adjective to describe another noun. That's why the noun лето (summer) turns into the adjective летний to describe the evening.
How would I say "I like a very warm summer evening" using the grammar from this lesson?
You would use a Dative pronoun plus нравится, and keep this entire sentence in the Nominative case! For example: Мне нравится очень тёплый летний вечер. The phrase acts as the grammatical subject that is pleasing to you.
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