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No. 14,804 in Russian

плохая

"Bad" or "poor" (feminine).

In a sentence

  • Эта книга плохая.

    This book is bad.

    The word "плохая" is used here as an adjective in the nominative case, describing the quality of the book, which is the subject of the sentence.

  • Ты ведёшь себя как плохая девочка.

    You behave like a bad girl.

    In this sentence, "плохая" is used as an adjective to describe "девочка" in the nominative case, within a simile construction.

  • Вчера была плохая погода.

    Yesterday, the weather was bad.

    Here, "плохая" describes "погода" as an attribute, agreeing in case, gender, and number with the noun it modifies.

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