Questions & Answers about В тени прохладнее, чем на солнце.
What case are the nouns тень and солнце in after the prepositions в and на?
Both тени and солнце are in the prepositional case, which in Russian is used after в and на to indicate location.
- тень (feminine) → в тени
- солнце (neuter) → на солнце
Why is there no verb быть (to be) in the sentence?
In Russian, the present‐tense form of быть (“to be”) is typically omitted.
So В тени (есть) прохладнее literally means “(It is) cooler in the shade…,” but Russians drop the “есть.”
What part of speech is прохладнее, and how is it formed?
прохладнее is the comparative form of the adjective прохладный (“cool”). Russian comparatives often add the suffix -ее or -ей:
- сильный → сильнее (“stronger”)
- прохладный → прохладнее (“cooler”)
Why is there a comma before чем?