Word
В переговорной хорошая звукоизоляция.
Meaning
The meeting room has good soundproofing.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of В переговорной хорошая звукоизоляция.
в
in
хороший
good
переговорная
the meeting room
звукоизоляция
the soundproofing
Questions & Answers about В переговорной хорошая звукоизоляция.
Why is there no verb in this sentence?
Russian usually omits the present-tense form of to be.
So В переговорной хорошая звукоизоляция is a normal complete sentence even though there is no word for is. Russian often does this in sentences like:
- Комната большая.
- Кофе горячий.
- Здесь тихо.
In the past or future, a form of быть does appear:
- В переговорной была хорошая звукоизоляция.
- В переговорной будет хорошая звукоизоляция.
Why is it в переговорной and not в переговорная?
Because в is expressing location here, and after в for location Russian uses the prepositional case.
The base form is переговорная.
After в meaning in, it becomes в переговорной.
Compare:
- в переговорной = in the meeting room → location, so prepositional
- в переговорную = into the meeting room → motion/direction, so accusative
This location vs. motion contrast is very important in Russian.
Why is the word переговорная feminine, and what kind of word is it?