Костюмер стоит рядом с реквизитом.

The wardrobe attendant is standing next to the props.

Breakdown of Костюмер стоит рядом с реквизитом.

• стоять: to stand
• рядом с: next to
• реквизит: the props
• костюмер: the wardrobe attendant; costume attendant

Questions & Answers about Костюмер стоит рядом с реквизитом.

What does костюмер mean exactly?

Костюмер is a costumer or wardrobe person — someone who works with costumes in a theater, film set, TV studio, etc.

So in this sentence, it means a person from the costume department, not just anyone wearing a costume.

Why does the sentence use стоит? Does it literally mean stands?

Yes. Стоит is the 3rd person singular of стоять, meaning to stand.

So the sentence literally says that the costumer is standing next to the props.

Russian often uses position verbs very naturally:

• стоять = to stand
• сидеть = to sit
• лежать = to lie

If you wanted a more neutral idea like is located, Russian might use находится, but стоит is perfectly natural if the person is physically standing there.

Why is it рядом с and not just рядом?

When Russian says that something is next to something else, it usually uses the pattern:

рядом с + instrumental case

So:

• рядом с реквизитом = next to the props

You can say just рядом if the other thing is already understood from context:

• Он рядом. = He is nearby.

But if you name what something is next to, с is normally used.