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Adjectives & Agreement

Gender, number and case

Adjectives agree in gender, number, case

-ый/-ой (m), -ая (f), -ое (n).

📊 Adjective endings (nominative, новый)
Gender Form
masculine новый
feminine новая
neuter новое
plural (all genders) новые
💬 Examples
новый дом
novyy dom
a new house (m)
📝 Masculine -ый
новая книга / новое окно
novaya kniga / novoye okno
a new book (f) / a new window (n)
📝 Feminine -ая, neuter -ое
Adjectives precede the noun

As in English.

💬 Examples
большой город
bol'shoy gorod
a big city
📝 Adjective before the noun
красивая девушка
krasivaya devushka
a beautiful girl
📝 Adjective + noun
The plural adjective ending is -ые / -ие

One form for all genders in the plural.

💬 Examples
новые дома
novyye doma
new houses
📝 Plural -ые
хорошие книги
khoroshiye knigi
good books
📝 After ш → -ие (spelling rule)