Adjectives. Short forms
- Short forms of adjectives are formed by dropping the long form (two
letter) ending of the adjective, and adding the appropriate gender
ending.
long | short |
здоровый | здоров |
хороший | хорош |
готовый | готов |
- The resulting form will be masculine. To get the feminine,
neuter and plural forms, you would add the appropriate one
letter gender ending.
- When forming short form adjectives you should always obey the spelling
rules.
- Masculine forms of short adjectives that end in a consonant cluster will have
a fill vowel.
согласный - согласен - согласна
- Short form adjectives in Russian are used primarily as predicates:
they go with the verb 'to be', rather than with a noun. Compare the
two sentences:
This man is interesting.
Этот человек интересен.
This interesting man is my uncle.
Этот интересный человек мой дядя.
- Generally speaking, short form adjectives describe a temporary state (sick,
ready).
Сегодня я болен. Today I'm sick
Они ещё не готовы. They are still not ready.