Questions & Answers about Наша галактика очень большая.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense verb for 'to be' is almost always left out. You simply put the subject and the description together: Наша галактика очень большая (literally: Our galaxy very big).
Why are we using the forms наша and большая here?
They must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because галактика is a feminine noun (ending in -а), the words for 'our' and 'big' must also be in their feminine forms: наша and большая.
How would I say 'Our whole galaxy is very big' using this lesson's new word?
You would use a form of весь (all/whole). Because галактика is feminine and it is the subject of the sentence (Nominative case), you need the feminine form вся. The sentence becomes: Вся наша галактика очень большая.
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