Breakdown of Общая кухня и кофейная зона находятся наверху.
и
and
находиться
to be located
наверху
upstairs; above (location)
общая кухня
the shared kitchen
Questions & Answers about Общая кухня и кофейная зона находятся наверху.
Why is находятся plural instead of находится?
Because the subject has two things: общая кухня and кофейная зона.
When two nouns are joined by и and act together as the subject, Russian normally uses a plural verb.
- кухня находится = the kitchen is located
- зона находится = the zone is located
- кухня и зона находятся = the kitchen and the zone are located
What case are общая кухня and кофейная зона in?
They are in the nominative case because they are the subject of the sentence.
You can see that both noun phrases are in their dictionary form:
- кухня = nominative singular
- зона = nominative singular
- общая and кофейная match those nouns in gender, number, and case
Even though the whole subject is plural in meaning, each noun itself stays singular.
Why do общая and кофейная end in -ая?