Questions & Answers about Это бесплатный билет.
Why do we use это (neuter) instead of этот (masculine) to match the masculine word билет?
When you use "this" to introduce or point something out ("This is a..."), you always use the fixed word это, no matter the gender or number of the noun. You would only use the masculine этот if "this" was directly attached to the noun to describe it, like in the phrase этот бесплатный билет (this free ticket).
Is there an easy way to remember the word бесплатный (free)?
Yes! It is built from the prefix бес- (which means "without" or acts like the suffix "-less" in English) and the root word плата (payment). So it literally translates to "without payment."
This lesson is about numbers. How would I change this sentence to say "These are five free tickets"?
After numbers 5 and up (like 5-20, or compound numbers ending in 5-9 and 0), the adjective and noun must change to the Genitive plural case. So, бесплатный билет becomes бесплатных билетов. The full sentence is Это пять бесплатных билетов. Notice that the introductory word это still doesn't change!
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