Word
Молодой школьник читает книгу в парке.
Meaning
A young schoolboy is reading a book in the park.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Молодой школьник читает книгу в парке.
Why do we say школьник here and not студент? What exactly does школьник mean?
Школьник means a school pupil – a child or teenager who goes to school (elementary, middle, or high school).
- школьник = schoolchild / schoolboy (male)
- школьница = schoolgirl (female)
- студент = a student at university or college, not at school
So молодой школьник suggests a young boy of school age, not a university student.
Why is the adjective молодой in this form? How does it agree with школьник?
In Russian, adjectives agree with the noun in:
- gender
- number
- case
Here:
- школьник is masculine, singular, nominative (subject).
- So молодой is also masculine, singular, nominative.
The full nominative singular forms of молодой are:
- masculine: молодой школьник
- feminine: молодая школьница
- neuter: молодое дерево
- plural (all genders): молодые школьники
Because школьник is the subject in the nominative, молодой must also be nominative masculine singular.
Why is it книгу and not книга? What case is this and why?