Thread: Russian adjectives. Long or Short ~ Ser or Estar?

Originally Posted by iCake

Мал is short for малый, not маленький. Not that it matters though as the two words are very close synonyms if not equivalents Just don't argue here The short adjectives are usually formed buy chopping off the ending - Малый - мал; маленький - маленьк? Doesn't sound right

Isn't "маленький" a diminutive-hypocoristic (уменьшительно-ласкательная) form for "малый"? Suffix <еньк>, you know.

Originally Posted by iCake

I meant like "adjective - noun" order, didn't express it correctly though. My bad. Or maybe there is something I don't know about this

«"Хороша чертовка" — прохрипел Иван, занюхивая рукавом выпитую рюмку» (not sure - may be comma is needed and this example is irrelevant)

Originally Posted by Suobig

«"Хороша чертовка" — прохрипел Иван, занюхивая рукавом выпитую рюмку» (not sure - may be comma is needed and this example is irrelevant)

Ну чертовка же там подлежащее, хороша предикат Мы же просто опускаем глагол быть.

Например:

Хороша есть (ну или есмь, а то есть странно там ) чертовка ---- Чертовка (есть) хороша