Вчера дочь долго бегала в парке, и теперь у неё болит колено.

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Breakdown of Вчера дочь долго бегала в парке, и теперь у неё болит колено.

• парк: the park
• в: in
• вчера: yesterday

Questions & Answers about Вчера дочь долго бегала в парке, и теперь у неё болит колено.

Why is there no word for “my” in «Вчера дочь долго бегала…»? In English we’d say “Yesterday my daughter…”

In Russian, possessive pronouns (мой, моя, моё, мои) are often omitted when it’s obvious from context whose family member is meant.

• Вчера дочь долго бегала в парке…
  = Yesterday (my) daughter ran for a long time in the park…

Native speakers will normally understand дочь here as “my daughter” if you are talking about your own family. You can say:

• Вчера моя дочь долго бегала в парке…

This is also correct, but it puts a bit more emphasis on “my daughter (as opposed to someone else’s)”. Without моя, it sounds more neutral and natural in everyday speech when context is clear.

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Why is it «бегала» and not «бежала»? Aren’t both translated as “ran”?