Questions & Answers about Резак лежит на основе.
Why is лежит used here? Does it mean is lying or lies?
Лежит is the 3rd person singular form of the verb лежать.
It can translate as either:
- is lying
- lies
- sometimes simply is in context, if English prefers a more natural phrasing
Russian often uses a specific position verb where English might just use to be. So лежит tells you that the object is in a lying / horizontal resting position.
Why лежит and not just a form of to be?
In the present tense, Russian normally does not use a present-tense equivalent of is in simple statements like this.
So instead of saying something like The cutter is on the base, Russian often says more literally:
- The cutter lies on the base
- or The cutter is lying on the base
Also, Russian likes to describe the physical position of things:
- лежать = to lie
- стоять = to stand
- сидеть = to sit
So лежит gives extra information about how the object is positioned.
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