The Instrumental Singular of Adjectives
Творительный падеж имён прилагательных (ед. число)
The Russian adjective changes according to gender, number and case.
An adjective qualifies its head-noun and agrees with it, i.e. it has the same gender, number and case.
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Masculine каким? | Neuter каким? | Feminine какой? |
| Feminine adjectives with the stem in ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a hard consonant, if the ending is stressed. | ||
новым (домом) | новым (зданием) | новой большой (комнатой) |
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| Masculine and neuter adjectives with the stem in invariably ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant. | Feminine adjectives with the stem in ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant, if the ending is unstressed. | |
большим хорошим синим (домом) | большим хорошим синим (зданием) | хорошей синей (комнатой) |
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