Королева посетила колледж.

Because it is past tense feminine singular.

In Russian, past tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• masculine: посетил
• feminine: посетила
• neuter: посетило
• plural: посетили

Since королева is a feminine noun, the verb must also be feminine: посетила.

Королева is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence — the person doing the action.

The basic dictionary form of the noun is also королева, so here the nominative looks exactly like the base form.

Because it is an inanimate masculine noun, and in the accusative singular, many inanimate masculine nouns look the same as the nominative.

So:

• nominative: колледж
• accusative: колледж

This happens because посетить takes a direct object, and that object goes into the accusative case.

It is in the accusative case.

Even though its form is the same as the nominative, its role in the sentence shows that it is accusative:

• Королева = subject, nominative
• посетила колледж = verb + direct object
• therefore колледж is accusative

This is very common in Russian: sometimes the form changes, and sometimes it does not.

Russian does not have articles like English the and a/an.

So королева could mean:

• the queen
• a queen

and колледж could mean:

• the college
• a college

Which one is meant depends on context. In a simple sentence like this, English usually supplies the most natural article when translating.

Посетить is a perfective verb. That means it presents the action as completed: the visit happened as a whole.

So посетила suggests a completed event: she went there and visited it.

Compare:

• посетила = visited, completed visit
• посещала = was visiting / used to visit / visited regularly

This aspect difference is very important in Russian.

Yes. Russian word order is more flexible than English because case endings show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

• Королева посетила колледж.

But you could also say:

• Колледж посетила королева.

That would put more emphasis on college or create a different information focus, something like It was the college that the queen visited or The college was visited by the queen in effect.

So the basic meaning stays similar, but the emphasis changes.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• Королева → ka-ra-LYE-va
• посетила → pa-sa-TEE-la
• колледж → KOL-lej

Stress matters a lot in Russian:

• короле́ва
• посети́ла
• ко́лледж

Also note that unstressed о is often pronounced more like a.

Because посетить is a transitive verb, which means it takes a direct object without a preposition.

So Russian says literally:

• visited college

not:

• visited to college
• visited at college

This is similar to English visit a place.

Not always exactly.

Russian колледж is a borrowed word, but depending on the country and context, it may refer to a type of educational institution that does not match every English-speaking use of college perfectly.

In many cases it refers to a secondary-specialized or vocational-style institution, though modern usage can vary.

So the word is often translated as college, but you should be aware that the real-life institution may not be identical to an American or British college.

Yes, it is grammatically natural and completely correct.

It is a straightforward neutral sentence:

• subject: Королева
• verb: посетила
• object: колледж

It sounds like a normal factual statement, such as in news reporting or a narrative.

The noun королева would change to a different subject noun, and the verb would agree with it in past tense.

For example:

• Король посетил колледж. = masculine singular
• Королевы посетили колледж. = plural

Notice the verb endings:

• -л for masculine
• -ла for feminine
• -ли for plural

That agreement is one of the key features of Russian past tense.