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На большой перемене студентка обычно идёт в соседний кабинет пить чай.
Meaning
During the big break a female student usually goes to the neighboring classroom to drink tea.
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Breakdown of На большой перемене студентка обычно идёт в соседний кабинет пить чай.
большой
big
пить
to drink
в
to
идти
to go
Questions & Answers about На большой перемене студентка обычно идёт в соседний кабинет пить чай.
What case is на большой перемене, and why do большой and перемене have those endings?
Перемене is in the prepositional case, feminine singular.
- Nominative: большáя перемéна (the big break)
- Prepositional: на большóй перемéне (at / during the big break)
Patterns:
- Feminine noun ending in -а / -я → prepositional -е:
перемена → перемене - Short-form adjective feminine большая → большой in prepositional:
большая → большой
So на большой перемене literally means “on (at) the big break” in the prepositional case after на in its “location/time” meaning.
Why is the preposition на used with перемене, not в?
With time expressions, Russian often uses на where English uses at / during. Some nouns are just idiomatically fixed with на:
- на уроке – in class, during the lesson
- на перемене – at break, during the break
- на работе – at work
- на обеде – at lunch (lunch break)
So на перемене is a standard collocation. В перемене is not used in this meaning.
What exactly does большая перемена mean? Is it just “big break”?