Word
Мои наушники лежат на столе.
Meaning
My headphones are lying on the table.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Мои наушники лежат на столе.
Why is the noun наушники plural, and why does the verb appear as лежат?
- Наушники is a plural-only noun (like English “glasses”), used for a single pair of headphones.
- Because the subject is grammatically plural, the verb must be 3rd-person plural: лежат.
- If you mean one earpiece, you can say singular наушник (e.g., Правый наушник сломан).
Why is it мои and not мой?
- Мои is the plural form of “my,” agreeing with plural наушники.
- Paradigm: мой (masc. sg.), моя (fem. sg.), моё (neut. sg.), мои (plural).
- Stress: мои́ (mo-EE).
What is the infinitive of лежат, and how do you conjugate it?
- Infinitive: лежать “to lie (be lying).”
- Present tense (stress marked):
- я лежу́
- ты лежи́шь
- он/она лежи́т
- мы лежи́м
- вы лежи́те
- они лежа́т
Why use лежат and not стоят, висят, or находятся?
- лежат: the item is lying flat on a surface (most natural for headphones on a table).