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Do you know that in Russian we have “long adjectives” and “short adjectives”? Let’s learn how to use them! We’re going to take the adjective “weak” an see its two forms: слабый (long adjective) and слаб (short adjective).

LONG ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE A GENERAL CONDITION

Let’s imagine a boy who is weak by nature. He’s weak in general. It’s not a temporary condition that is going to get fixed tomorrow. In order to describe him, we’ll use a long adjective:
Это слабый мальчик.
Этот мальчик слабый.

As you can see, you can write a long adjectives before the noun (слабый мальчик) or after the noun (мальчик слабый). This doesn’t change its meaning.

SHORT ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE A PRECISE MOMENT IN TIME

Now let’s imagine a different boy. He’s a normal person, but today he’s feeling weak because he’s ill. This boy is not weak in general, only now. In order to describe him, we’ll use a short adjective:

Этот мальчик слаб, потому что он болеет.

As you can see, short adjectives can never go before a noun. It’s not correct to say «слаб мальчик». The only position for short adjectives is after the noun: мальчик слаб.