| Grammar Notes: Russian Sentence: Зеркало, зеркало, на стене, кто из них всех прекраснее? Romanisation: Zerkalo, zerkalo, na stene, kto iz nikh vsekh prekrasneye? ### Word-by-Word Breakdown: 1. Зеркало (Zerkalo) – *"Mirror"* - Infinitive: N/A (noun) - Grammar: Nominative singular neuter noun. 2. Зеркало (Zerkalo) – *"Mirror"* (repeated for emphasis) - Same as above. 3. на (na) – *"on"* - Grammar: Preposition requiring the prepositional case. 4. стене (stene) – *"wall"* - Infinitive: стена́ (stena) – *"wall"* - Grammar: Prepositional singular feminine form of "стена". 5. кто (kto) – *"who"* - Grammar: Interrogative pronoun, nominative case. 6. из (iz) – *"out of/from"* - Grammar: Preposition requiring the genitive case. 7. них (nikh) – *"them"* - Infinitive: они́ (oni) – *"they"* - Grammar: Genitive plural form of "они". 8. всех (vsekh) – *"all"* - Infinitive: все (vse) – *"all"* - Grammar: Genitive plural form of "все". 9. прекраснее (prekrasneye) – *"more beautiful"* - Infinitive: прекра́сный (prekrasnyy) – *"beautiful"* - Grammar: Comparative form of the adjective. ### Grammar Tip: - Comparative Adjectives: To form the comparative of adjectives like "прекрасный" (beautiful), replace the ending with -ее/-ей (прекраснее). Some irregular comparatives exist (e.g., лучше – "better" from хороший). ### Related Words: - красивый (krasivyy) – *"pretty"* (alternative to прекрасный) - лицо (litso) – *"face"* (often compared in beauty) - сказать (skazat’) – *"to say"* (common verb in fairy tales) |
