Find the head before the ending
Agreement follows the grammatical head, not the nearest translation or the most visually prominent word.
- Start with the noun and its lexical gender. Indeclinable nouns and nouns whose form is unexpected make this step especially important.
| Phrase | Head profile | Correct adjective |
|---|---|---|
| ___ кни́га | feminine | но́вая кни́га |
| ___ окно́ | neuter | но́вое окно́ |
| ___ па́па | masculine | но́вый па́па |
| ___ ко́фе | masculine formal target | горя́чий ко́фе |
| ___ такси́ | neuter indeclinable | но́вое такси́ |
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3.01 · Find the head before the ending · table 1
___ кни́га · feminine · но́вая кни́га___ окно́ · neuter · но́вое окно́Mini-check
Choose: но́вый / но́вая па́па. What frame records the formal gender of ко́фе?
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- Say the Russian examples aloud, cover the model, and retrieve the pattern once before continuing.