На столе стоит мой монитор.

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Breakdown of На столе стоит мой монитор.

• стоять: to stand
• стол: the table
• на: on

Questions & Answers about На столе стоит мой монитор.

Why do we use стоит here instead of something like “is”? Why not just say Мой монитор на столе?

Russian often uses position verbs instead of the English verb “to be” when talking about where physical objects are:

• стоять – to stand (vertical position, on a base/legs)
• лежать – to lie (horizontal position)
• сидеть – to sit (often for people/animals, or objects “sitting” on something)

A monitor is seen as standing upright on its base, so Russians normally say:

• На столе стоит мой монитор. – My monitor is (standing) on the table.

You can say Мой монитор на столе, without a verb, in the present tense. That’s also correct and fairly common, especially in neutral or slightly informal speech. Using стоит just adds a more explicit sense of physical position and often sounds a bit more descriptive or natural.

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