Перчатка лежит на столе.

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Breakdown of Перчатка лежит на столе.

• на: on
• лежать: to lie
• перчатка: the glove

Questions & Answers about Перчатка лежит на столе.

Why is there no article before перчатка (no equivalent of the or a)?

Russian does not use articles. Instead, definiteness or indefiniteness is understood from context. Here перчатка can mean either a glove or the glove depending on the situation.

What case is перчатка in and why?

It is in the nominative singular case because перчатка is the grammatical subject of the sentence (it performs the action of lying).

What is the gender of перчатка, and how can you tell?

It is feminine: most Russian nouns ending in -а or -я are feminine, following the first declension pattern.

What case is столе in and why is it used here with на?

столе is in the prepositional singular case. When you want to express static location (“on” a place), you use на + prepositional case.

What does лежит mean, and what is its infinitive form? Also, what person and number is it?