На свадьбе невеста надевает белое платье и новое кольцо.

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• на: at
• новый: new
• и: and

Questions & Answers about На свадьбе невеста надевает белое платье и новое кольцо.

Why is it на свадьбе and not в свадьбе? What’s the difference between на and в here?

In Russian, the choice between на and в is partly about meaning, and partly just fixed usage for certain nouns.

• На свадьбе = at the wedding (as an event, an occasion).
• В свадьбе is wrong. You wouldn’t say someone is “in the wedding” in Russian.

With events, activities, celebrations, and similar nouns, Russian very often uses на:

• на концерте – at a concert
• на вечеринке – at a party
• на лекции – at a lecture
• на работе – at work
• на свадьбе – at a wedding

So here, на + свадьбе (Prepositional) simply means at the wedding in the sense of being present at that event.

Why does свадьба become свадьбе? What case is that and what is the rule?