| 1. Subject + verb | ||
| Пришлќ гћсти (Nom.). | Guests arrived. | |
| 2. Subject + short adjective: 'am/is/are' | ||
| Онђ больнђ. | She is ill. | |
| 3. Subject + есть: 'there is/are; have' (existential statements) | ||
| Љсть икрђ? | Is there any caviar? | |
| У вђс љсть икрђ? | Do you have any caviar? | |
| 4. Subject with no verbal element: 'am/is/are' | ||
| Сђша здљсь. | Sasha is here. | |
| Сђша — врђч. | Sasha is a doctor. | |
| Нћчь. | It is night. | |
| To Contents | © 1981,1982,1991 by R.L.Leed, A.D.Nakhimovsky, A.S.Nakhimovsky | To Subject Index |