Breakdown of Её туфли очень красивые.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
красивый
beautiful
очень
very
туфли
shoes
Questions & Answers about Её туфли очень красивые.
Why doesn't Её change its ending to match the plural noun туфли?
Unlike other possessive words such as мой (my) or твой (your), the third-person possessives его (his), её (her), and их (their) are frozen. They never change form, so её stays exactly the same no matter the gender, number, or case of the noun it belongs to.
What is the singular form of туфли (shoes) and what is its gender?
The singular form is туфля (a shoe). Because it ends in -я, it is a feminine noun. This is helpful to memorize, since the plural ending -и can be used for both masculine and feminine words.
Where is the verb translated as 'are' in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb to be (am, is, are) is almost always skipped. So, this sentence literally translates to just 'Her shoes very beautiful'.
Why does the adjective красивые end in -ые?
Adjectives always have to match the noun they describe. Since туфли is a plural noun and is the subject of the sentence (nominative case), the dictionary form of the adjective красивый takes the regular plural ending -ые.
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