Word
Студентка читает книгу в библиотеке.
Meaning
The student (female) is reading a book in the library.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Студентка читает книгу в библиотеке.
What is the difference between студентка and студент?
Both mean student, but they differ by gender:
- студент – male student
- студентка – female student
The ending -к-а is a common way to form a feminine noun from a masculine one in Russian:
- учитель → учительница (teacher, m → f)
- художник → художница (artist, m → f)
So студентка tells you explicitly that the student is female.
Why is it читает and not something like читать in the sentence?
читать is the infinitive: to read.
In the sentence we need a conjugated verb form that agrees with the subject студентка (3rd person singular, she). For the verb читать (to read), the present tense is:
- я читаю – I read
- ты читаешь – you read (informal)
- он/она/оно читает – he/she/it reads
- мы читаем – we read
- вы читаете – you read (plural/formal)
- они читают – they read
Since студентка = она (she), we use читает: Студентка читает…
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