Word
В лукошке лежат подберёзовики и подосиновики.
Meaning
The birch boletes and orange-cap boletes are lying in the small wicker basket.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of В лукошке лежат подберёзовики и подосиновики.
в
in
и
and
лежать
to lie
лукошко
the small wicker basket
Questions & Answers about В лукошке лежат подберёзовики и подосиновики.
Why is лукошке in the form лукошке, not лукошко?
Because after в meaning in, Russian uses the prepositional case to show location.
- лукошко = nominative singular
- в лукошке = in the basket
So this sentence uses:
- в
- prepositional = location: in the basket
- compare with в лукошко = into the basket (motion toward)
This is a very common contrast:
- в доме = in the house
- в дом = into the house
Why is the verb лежат plural?
Because the subject is plural: подберёзовики и подосиновики.
Both nouns are plural, and they are joined by и (and), so the verb must also be plural:
- лежит = singular
- лежат = plural
Compare:
- В лукошке лежит подберёзовик. = A birch bolete is lying in the basket.
- В лукошке лежат подберёзовики. = Birch boletes are lying in the basket.
- В лукошке лежат подберёзовики и подосиновики. = Birch boletes and aspen boletes are lying in the basket.
Why does Russian use лежат here? Why not just a verb meaning are?