Questions & Answers about Я случайно забыл билеты дома.
Why is забыл in the masculine? How would it change for other speakers?
Russian past-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:
- Male speaker: забыл
- Female speaker: забыла
- Plural (any mix/gender): забыли
- Neuter (for neuter subjects): забыло
So a woman would say: Я случайно забыла билеты дома.
What case is билеты, and why that form?
Билеты is the accusative plural of an inanimate noun. It’s the direct object of забыл, so it takes the accusative. For inanimate nouns, accusative plural looks the same as nominative plural. (If it were animate, the accusative plural would match the genitive plural.)
What is дома, and why is there no preposition like в?
Дома is an adverb meaning “at home.” It doesn’t take a preposition. Compare:
- дома = at home (adverb)
- в доме = in the house (inside some house; may not be your own)
- у себя дома = at one’s own place (explicitly “at my/your own home”)
Can I say домой here?