"The wolf is eating."

Translation: Волк ест.

[serbioski]

I'm having trouble with the "ест" and "едят" could someone give me a brief explanation on when do I use each?

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

Click on the conjugation and scroll down to present tense lower than the participles to see which Russian pronoun uses each:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian
The first is used with singular 3rd person pronouns (he, she, it) and the second is used with the plural 3rd person pronoun (they).

[diogo8484]

This link is better:
http://cooljugator.com/ru/%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C

[GarryBowli]

Ест is 1,едят is more than 1.

[CrashBldash]

Он, она, оно ест.
Они едят.

[Dalibar]

Can anyone explain why I can't say ест волк? I thought order didn't matter in most cases.

[Woldemar_Lut]

Ест волк. Your sentence is possible but it would emphisise "the wolf".
You can say so if you answer the question "who is eating"? The wolf, the dog or the bear, may be?

If you answer the question "what is the wolf doing?" The answer would be "Волк ест".

[ArthurVart]

why is it not есть

[hexapyro]

Does кушает wrong?

[JanisaChatte]

It could work. Added it.

[hexapyro]

'est' is more formal, I guess.

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/11484683

http://cooljugator.com/ru/кушать

[dariaellington]

I typed the absolute same words but am getting the "almost correct" response.

[christieccheng]

Why is Этот волк ест wrong?

[EviPolina]

Этот -- "this/that", and not "the." You would be saying "this wolf eats" instead of "the wolf eats."

[eaturin]

Волк жрет