Breakdown of Плита и духовка находятся на кухне рядом с раковиной.
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Questions & Answers about Плита и духовка находятся на кухне рядом с раковиной.
What does the verb находятся mean and why is it used here?
Находятся is the 3rd person plural present form of находиться, which means “to be located” or “to be situated.” It’s used here because we’re talking about the location of two things (плита и духовка), so we say they “are located” on the kitchen.
Why is the verb in the plural (находятся) and not in the singular?
Because the subject of the sentence is compound: плита и духовка (two items). In Russian, a compound subject takes the 3rd person plural verb form, so we use находятся instead of находится.
Why do we say на кухне instead of в кухне to indicate location “in the kitchen”?
Some interior spaces in Russian conventionally take на plus the prepositional case rather than в. So even though English uses “in,” Russian idiomatically says на кухне, на почте, на работе, etc.
How is кухня declined in the prepositional case to become кухне?
Кухня is a feminine noun ending in -я. In the prepositional case it drops -я and adds -е, giving кухне. With на, it becomes на кухне.