Questions & Answers about Мой дом далеко от метро.
Where is the verb “is” in this Russian sentence? Why isn’t there a word for “is”?
In Russian, the verb “to be” (быть) is usually omitted in the present tense when it just means “is/are”.
So instead of
- Мой дом есть далеко от метро. ✗ (sounds wrong/unnatural)
Russians simply say:
- Мой дом далеко от метро. = My house is far from the metro.
If you really want a verb here, you can use находится (“is located”):
- Мой дом находится далеко от метро. = My house is located far from the metro.
Why is it мой дом and not моя дом or моё дом?
The form of “my” in Russian must agree with the gender of the noun:
- мой – masculine
- моя – feminine
- моё – neuter
- мои – plural
The noun дом ends in a consonant and is masculine, so you use мой:
- мой дом – my house ✅
- моя дом ✗ (as if дом were feminine)
- моё дом ✗ (as if it were neuter)
What part of speech is , and can it change its form?