Questions & Answers about Мой питомец любит сидеть на диване.
What does питомец mean, and what kind of word is it?
питомец means pet. It’s a masculine, animate noun. Here it appears in the nominative singular form because it’s the subject of the sentence.
Why is the word мой used before питомец, and why does it look like that?
мой is the possessive pronoun my. In Russian it must agree with the noun in gender (masculine), number (singular), and case (nominative). Since питомец is masculine singular nominative, we use мой.
Why is любит used here, and how does it relate to питомец?
любит is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb любить (to love/like). It agrees with the subject мой питомец (he/she/it loves). In this sentence, it tells us what the pet does—he loves something.
Why is the infinitive сидеть used after любит, and is this typical?
Yes, it’s typical. In Russian, verbs of preference (любить, хотеть, мочь, etc.) are followed by an infinitive to indicate the action liked or wanted. So любит сидеть literally means loves to sit.
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