The Accusative Plural of Adjectives

Винительный падеж имён прилагательных (мн.ч.)

 

The Russian adjective in the plural changes according to number and case.

An adjective in the plural qualifies its head-noun and agrees with it, i.e. it has the same number and case.

 

Plural

Nominative

какие? what? (kind of)?

Accusative

какие? каких? what? (kind of)?

Endings

Nom. Plural - Acc. Plural
If an adjective qualifies a noun denoting an inanimate object, its accusative and nominative are identical:

-ые

новые  дома, окна, комнаты
Adjectives with the stem in  к, г, х, ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant: -ие

большие хорошие синие  дома, окна, комнаты
If an adjective qualifies a noun denoting an animate being, its accusative and genitive are identical:

-ые -ых

новые друзья, подруги

новых друзей, подруг
Adjectives with the stem in  к, г, х, ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant: -ие -их

большие хорошие русские  друзья, подруги

больших хороших русских  друзей, подруг

 

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