Breakdown of Учитель проверяет домашнее задание.
учитель
the teacher
проверять
to check
домашнее задание
the homework
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Questions & Answers about Учитель проверяет домашнее задание.
Why is there no article before Учитель?
Russian does not have definite or indefinite articles like the or a. The noun учитель can mean either a teacher or the teacher depending on context.
What is the gender and number of учитель, and how can you tell?
Учитель is a masculine singular noun. In Russian, nouns ending in a consonant (and some ending in a soft sign, like -ль) are typically masculine. It’s in the nominative case here because it’s the grammatical subject.
What case is домашнее задание in, and why?
It’s in the accusative case as the direct object of the verb. Neuter singular nouns have identical forms in nominative and accusative, so домашнее задание looks the same as its base form.
Why does домашнее end with -ее instead of -ое?
The adjective домашний must agree with the neuter noun задание. In neuter singular (nominative/accusative), first-declension adjectives take -ее, so домашнее is the correct form.
What is the aspect of the verb проверяет, perfective or imperfective, and what does that imply?