Word
Мой муж — ужасный соня, он может спать до обеда.
Meaning
My husband is a terrible sleepyhead, he can sleep until lunch.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Мой муж — ужасный соня, он может спать до обеда.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
мой
my (мой, моя, моё) / mine
муж
husband
мочь
to be able to
Questions & Answers about Мой муж — ужасный соня, он может спать до обеда.
Why is it ужасный соня (masculine) when соня ends in -я, which usually marks a feminine noun?
соня is a common gender noun (общий род). These nouns typically end in -а or -я and describe a person's traits. They take masculine modifiers when referring to a male (like муж here) and feminine modifiers when referring to a female.
How would the agreement change if we were talking about a woman, for example, 'my wife'?
The noun соня stays exactly the same, but the modifiers change to match her gender. It would be: Моя жена — ужасная соня, она может спать до обеда.
Does соня have any other meanings where its gender behaves differently?
Yes! Besides meaning "sleepyhead", соня is also the word for a "dormouse" (the small rodent). When referring to the animal, it is strictly a standard feminine noun, not a common gender noun.
Why is there a dash between муж and ужасный соня?
The dash acts as the present-tense verb "is". In Russian, when both the core subject (муж) and the core predicate (соня) are nouns in the nominative case, a dash is required to separate them.
Why do we use the genitive case in до обеда?