Первый заход в парную длился пять минут.

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Breakdown of Первый заход в парную длился пять минут.

• пять: five
• первый: first
• длиться: to last

Questions & Answers about Первый заход в парную длился пять минут.

Why is it первый, not первая?

Because первый agrees with заход, and заход is a masculine noun.

• заход = masculine
• so the adjective must also be masculine: первый

If the main noun were feminine, then you would use первая.

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What does заход mean here?

In this context, заход means something like:

• a round
• a session
• one visit/in
• one time going in

This is common in sauna or bathhouse language. So первый заход is not just a literal first entry, but more naturally the first round in the steam room.

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Why is it в парную, not в парной?

Because в can mean either:

• into
  • accusative
• in/inside
  • prepositional

Here the idea is going into the steam room, so Russian uses the accusative:

• в парную = into the steam room

Compare:

• в парную = into the steam room
• в парной = in the steam room

Even though the whole sentence is about the duration of the round, the noun заход implies movement into that place.

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