Гостиница находится рядом с вокзалом.

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Breakdown of Гостиница находится рядом с вокзалом.

• находиться: to be located
• вокзал: the station
• рядом: near

Questions & Answers about Гостиница находится рядом с вокзалом.

What does the verb находится mean in this sentence, and why isn’t есть used?

находится comes from the verb находиться, which means “to be located” or “to lie (somewhere).” It’s more specific than есть (“there is/are”), which simply states existence. Russians often use находиться when they want to describe where something is situated.

Why does находится end with -ся? What is the role of the reflexive suffix here?

The suffix -ся turns the transitive verb находить (“to find”) into the intransitive находиться (“to be located”). In Russian, adding -ся can create a passive or reflexive meaning, and here it signals that the subject (гостиница) isn’t doing anything—it simply exists in a location.

What part of speech is рядом, and why do we need с after it?

рядом is an adverb meaning “near” or “next to.” To specify what you’re next to, you add the preposition с plus the instrumental case. In other words, рядом с = “next to” or “beside” something.

What case does вокзал take after с, and why?