The Accusative Singular of Adjectives
Винительный 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 какой? какого? | Neuter какое? | Feminine какую? |
| Adjectives which qualify inanimate masculine or neuter nouns take the same endings in the accusative as in the nominative. Adjectives with the stem in ж, ш, ч, щ take the same endings as the adjectives with the stem in a hard consonant, if the ending is stressed. | 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 or unstressed. | |
новый большой (дом) | новое большое (здание) | новую большую хорошую (комнату) |
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| Masculine and neuter adjectives with the stem in ж, ш, ч, щ take the same endings as adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant, if the ending is unstressed. | Feminine adjectives whose stem ends in a soft consonant take the ending -юю | |
хороший синий (дом) | хорошее синее (здание) | синюю (комнату) |
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| Adjectives which qualify animate masculine nouns take the same endings in the accusative as in the genitive. | Adjectives which qualify animate feminine nouns take the same endings in the accusative as adjectives which qualify inanimate feminine nouns. | |
нового хорошего (друга) | новую хорошую (подругу) | |
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