Word
После дождя идёт град.
Meaning
After the rain, hail falls.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about После дождя идёт град.
Why is дождя in the genitive case?
The preposition после always requires the genitive case. So дождь becomes дождя.
Why is there no word for "the" or "a" before дождя or град?
Russian has no articles like "the" or "a." Definiteness or indefiniteness is understood from context, not marked by a separate word.
What gender and case is град, and why?
Град is a masculine noun (it ends in a consonant). Here it’s in the nominative case because it functions as the subject of the verb идёт.
Why is град in the nominative case after идёт, rather than accusative or another case?
This is an impersonal weather construction: the phenomenon (here град) behaves like the subject. Weather verbs (идти, падать, etc.) take the noun in the nominative, not as a direct object.
Why is идёт used to describe hail? Could we use падает instead?