Breakdown of Юридический адрес указан у стойки администратора.
у
at
указать
to indicate
юридический адрес
the registered business address
стойка администратора
the reception desk
Questions & Answers about Юридический адрес указан у стойки администратора.
Why is указан used here, and what exactly does it mean?
Указан is the short-form passive participle of указать (to indicate / to specify).
In this sentence, it means something like:
- is indicated
- is listed
- is specified
So Юридический адрес указан... literally means The legal address is indicated/listed...
This is a very common Russian way to express a resulting state:
- адрес указан = the address is given/listed
- дата указана = the date is given/listed
It is not the same as указывает, which would mean indicates as an active verb, as in The sign indicates the entrance.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
In Russian, the verb to be is normally omitted in the present tense.
So where English says:
- The legal address is indicated at the reception desk
Russian simply says:
- Юридический адрес указан у стойки администратора.
This is completely normal. Russian does not usually insert a present-tense есть in sentences like this.
What case is юридический адрес, and how can I tell?