Мой брат повернул налево на длинной улице.

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Breakdown of Мой брат повернул налево на длинной улице.

• на: on
• улица: the street
• брат: the brother

Questions & Answers about Мой брат повернул налево на длинной улице.

What is the part of speech of налево?

Налево is an adverb of direction answering the question “куда?” (where to?). Russian has a set of common directional adverbs like налево (to the left), направо (to the right) and прямо (straight ahead). They require no preposition and describe movement or turning.

Why does длинной end in –ой instead of –ая?

Длинной is the feminine singular adjective in the prepositional case. The base adjective is длинный (long). When you put a feminine noun like улица into the prepositional case after на, you get на длинной улице. The typical feminine ending for the prepositional is –ой.

What case is улице, and why is it used here?

Улице is in the prepositional case (also called locative). In Russian, the preposition на meaning “on” or “at” when talking about location (“on the street”) always takes the prepositional case. That yields на улице → на длинной улице.

Why do we say мой брат and not моя брат?