Topic: Russian

"разные цвета"

Translation:different colors

December 8, 2015

12 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Andrewr756

    Can someone please explain why "colors" is "цвета" when it is plural? It feels like it should be цвети or цветы.

    December 8, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/RomanRussian
      • цвет - a color
      • цвета - colors
      • цветок - a flower
      • цветы - flowers
      January 25, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/Berniebud

        There's no rule for it. "Цвет" just has an irregular plural nominative (and plural accusative).

        https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%86%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82#Russian

        December 8, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/Andrewr756

          OK, thank you for the explanation and the link :)

          December 8, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/victor.mor18
          • 315

          Can someone kindly explain the origin of the word «разные», so it would be easier to remember? I keep forgetting its meaning so it would be nice to have some kind of association for it. Thanks in advance

          August 15, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/awd123ps

            Sounds like the audio is saying «цве́та» instead of «цвета́»

            September 25, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/Sky880974

              Correct, it confuses native and non native speakers in this way.

              January 21, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/Alex2537
              • 152

              Yes the pronunciation is off throughout this course

              January 31, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/osogr1s

                Why not "THE different colours"? And how does one recognise when the 'the' isn't required?

                March 13, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/freiling

                  It should accept that, report it.

                  September 11, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Stevie_T
                  • 1046

                  Прогулка Луны!

                  October 24, 2016
                  https://www.duolingo.com/SilverCharacter
                  • 617

                  Yes! I started humming when I saw this sentence.

                  July 15, 2017

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