Questions & Answers about Рядом с домом стоит закрытый магазин.
Why is дом in the form домом (instrumental case) after рядом с?
The phrase рядом с always takes the instrumental case to express proximity. Hence дом becomes домом in the instrumental.
Can you omit the preposition с after рядом and just say рядом домом?
No. рядом on its own needs the preposition с plus instrumental to form the standard “next to” construction. Saying рядом домом would be ungrammatical.
What case is магазин in and why?
магазин is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the verb стоит (stands/is located).
Why is the verb стоит used here instead of something like находится?
Both стоит and находится can describe location, but стоит often implies a vertical or upright position (e.g. a building “stands”). находится is more neutral (“is located”) and would also be correct: “Рядом с домом находится закрытый магазин.”
What part of speech is закрытый, and what does it convey about the магазин?