Questions & Answers about Сегодня ясная погода.
How would I apply this lesson's grammar to say 'The weather is so clear today that we can see the stars'?
You would use такая (such) because it modifies the feminine noun погода, followed by что (that). For example: Сегодня такая ясная погода, что мы можем видеть звёзды. You use такая rather than так here because it attaches to a noun phrase.
Where is the verb in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb 'to be' is generally omitted. This sentence literally translates to 'Today clear weather.' If you wanted to talk about yesterday, you would need the past tense verb: Вчера была ясная погода (The weather was clear yesterday).
Why does the adjective ясная end in -ая?
It has to match the gender and case of the noun it describes. Погода (weather) is a feminine noun in the nominative (subject) case, so the dictionary form ясный (clear) changes to its feminine nominative form, ясная.
I know how to pronounce сегодня, but as a refresher, why is there a г in the spelling?
The word is historically a combination of сего (of this) and дня (day). In Russian, the genitive case endings -его and -ого are always pronounced with a 'v' sound instead of a 'g', and this historical spelling remains.
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