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if "пиво" is a neutral noun (neither masculine nor feminine) why is it correct to say "большое пиво" and not "большой пиво" ?

For learning: Russian
Base language: English
Category: Language

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    because neutral of большой is большое. Nominative case большое пиво, gen.c. большого пива, dat.c. большому пиву, acc.c. большое пиво, instrum. c. большим пивом, prepos.c. о большом пиве.
    it's correct
    suffixes for adjectives in nominative:
    -ой for masculine
    -ое for neutral
    -ая for feminine

    We usually don't say big beer, we prefer to say big bottle/glass/barrel of beer

    As in in English, we don't use size with things, which cannot be counted. We use small portion of beer /малую порцию пива/, big bottle of beer /= большую бутылку пива/ end etc.
    Do mention that russian words here are used in accusative.
    And ending of adjective depends on the tare

    neutral noun "большое пиво" is correct. but it's unnatural expression. we don't use it. better to say "много пива" or "большая бутылка пива"

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