Мой брат работает в удалённом формате и редко ездит в офис.

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Questions & Answers about Мой брат работает в удалённом формате и редко ездит в офис.

What case is мой брат in, and how can I recognize it?

Мой брат is in the nominative case.
The nominative case is used for the subject of the sentence – the person or thing doing the action. Here, my brother is the one who работает (works) and ездит (goes), so he must be in the nominative.

You can recognize this by:

• The base dictionary form брат (brother) is nominative singular.
• The possessive pronoun мой agrees with брат in gender (masculine), number (singular), and case (nominative).

What form and tense is работает, and what does it tell us about the action?

Работает is:

• 3rd person singular
• Present tense
• Imperfective aspect
• From the infinitive работать (to work)

In Russian, the present tense of an imperfective verb usually expresses:

• ongoing action (he is working now)
• or regular / habitual action (he works, he usually works)

In this sentence, the meaning is habitual: My brother works in a remote format, i.e. that is his usual mode of work, not just right now.

Why do we say в удалённом формате, and could we just say работает удалённо?