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В клинике нет свободных кресел, поэтому я ждал на улице.
Meaning
There are no free seats in the clinic, so I waited outside.
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Questions & Answers about В клинике нет свободных кресел, поэтому я ждал на улице.
What case is used in в клинике, and why?
В клинике means “in the clinic.” The prepositional case is used after в when you talk about being located somewhere (a static location). The noun клиника (nom. sing.) changes to клинике in the prepositional case (prep. sing.), and you always use в + prep. to mean “inside” or “at” a place.
Why do we say нет свободных кресел instead of using есть or the nominative case?
- Нет means “there is no / there are no,” so you use it when something is lacking.
- After нет, the noun that follows must be in the genitive case (here кресел is gen. pl.).
- The adjective свободные also takes the genitive plural ending -ых, becoming свободных.
Putting it together, нет свободных кресел literally means “there are no free seats.”
What does кресел refer to, and why is it in genitive plural?
Кресел is the genitive plural form of кресло (“armchair” or “seat”).
- Genitive plural is required after нет.
- Plural of кресло is кресла (nom. pl.), gen. pl. is кресел.
So свободных кресел = “of free armchairs/seats.”