Breakdown of Гречка осталась, и вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи.
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I
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and
вечером
in the evening
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it
Questions & Answers about Гречка осталась, и вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи.
Why is гречка treated as feminine here (осталась, разогрела, добавила)?
Гречка is a feminine noun (ends in -а), so past-tense verbs agree with it or with a feminine speaker:
- гречка осталась = the buckwheat remained/was left over (verb agrees with гречка)
- я разогрела / я добавила = I reheated / added (verbs agree with the speaker; feminine form implies the speaker is female).
If the speaker were male: я разогрел её и добавил овощи.
Does Гречка осталась mean “buckwheat stayed” or “there was buckwheat left over”?
In everyday Russian, (что-то) осталось commonly means “some amount was left over / remained (after eating, after an event).”
So Гречка осталась usually implies leftover cooked buckwheat (or prepared buckwheat dish), not that it “stayed” somewhere by choice.
Why is there a comma before и?
Because this is a compound sentence with two independent clauses:
1) Гречка осталась
2) (и) вечером я разогрела её и добавила овощи
Russian usually separates such clauses with a comma, even if the second begins with и.
Why is вечером used instead of в вечер / в вечером?