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После is a preposition that normally takes the genitive case in Russian when it means after.
So ремонт (dictionary form, nominative) becomes ремонта (genitive).
После ремонта is an adverbial prepositional phrase meaning after the repair(s) / after the renovation.
Grammatically, ремонта is singular genitive. In meaning, it can still refer to a repair event in general, and English often uses plural repairs where Russian uses singular ремонт.
If you wanted to emphasize multiple separate repairs, you might say после ремонтов, but that sounds more specific/unusual unless you truly mean several different repair jobs.
Протечка is a noun meaning a leak / leakage (as an instance or problem). It’s concrete: there was a leak under the sink.
Течь is more like leaking (process) or a leak/flow depending on context, and it can also be a verb stem related word. For this sentence, протечка is the natural “countable problem” noun.
The preposition под can mean under and typically takes:
- instrumental when describing location (under where?): под раковиной
- accusative when describing movement toward (to under where?): под раковину
Here it’s a location, so раковина → раковиной (instrumental).
They’re very close.
- раковина = a sink basin; common general word for sink
- мойка = often kitchen sink specifically (and sometimes the whole sink unit)
In many everyday contexts, под раковиной and под мойкой both mean under the sink, with мойка sounding a bit more kitchen-specific.
The subject is протечка, which is feminine singular. Past-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number, so:
- исчезнуть (infinitive) → исчезла (past, feminine singular)
So it literally matches: the leak disappeared.
Исчезла comes from исчезнуть, which is perfective. Perfective is used for a completed result: the leak is gone now (a finished change of state).
The imperfective исчезать would suggest a process or repeated pattern (less suitable here).
Сухо is a predicative adverb / category of state word (often called категория состояния), used to describe a general state: it became dry (in the area/situation).
Стало сухим/сухая would require a specific noun being described (e.g., пол стал сухим = the floor became dry). Here Russian keeps it impersonal: стало сухо = it finally got dry (there).
There is no grammatical subject. Стало сухо is an impersonal construction: it describes the state of an environment or situation without naming the subject.
It’s like English it became dry, where it doesn’t refer to a concrete object.
Наконец means finally / at last, often implying a long wait, annoyance, or relief.
Placed before стало сухо, it naturally modifies that result: and at last it got dry (there). Word order here is neutral and emphasizes the relief at the final outcome.
Because it connects two independent clauses:
1) протечка под раковиной исчезла
2) (и) наконец стало сухо
Even though the second clause is impersonal, it’s still a full clause with its own predicate (стало). Russian normally uses a comma before и when joining two clauses like this.
Yes, it’s flexible. Russian word order often shifts to emphasize different information:
- После ремонта протечка под раковиной исчезла... (neutral: identifies which leak)
- После ремонта под раковиной протечка исчезла... (focus on location first)
- Протечка исчезла после ремонта... (focus on the leak disappearing; time later)
All are grammatically possible; placement changes what feels “topic” vs “new information.”