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Questions & Answers about Молодёжь любит музыку.
Why is the verb любит (singular) when the English translation says "Young people love" (plural)?
In Russian, молодёжь (youth/young people) is a collective noun. Even though it refers to a group of people, the word itself is grammatically singular. Because of this, the verb must also be singular: любит (loves), not the plural любят (love).
What gender is the noun молодёжь?
It is a feminine noun. Many Russian words ending in a soft sign (-ь) are feminine, including abstract and collective nouns like this one. If you added an adjective to this sentence, it would need to be feminine, such as современная молодёжь (modern youth).
Why does the sentence use музыку instead of the dictionary form музыка?
Музыка is the direct object of the sentence because it is the thing being loved. This means it must take the accusative case. For feminine nouns that end in -а, the ending changes to -у in the accusative.
I remember the verb любить has an extra letter "л" in it (like я люблю). Why isn't it here in любит?
For verbs like любить (to love) or готовить (to cook), that extra -л- is only added in the "I" form (я люблю). The other present-tense forms, like the "he/she/it" form used in this sentence, just use the regular stem, giving us любит.