Learn Hardcore Russian: Над парком появилась радуга, хотя одна туча ещё висела над рекой. - A rainbow appeared over the park, although one cloud still hung over the river.

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Над парком появилась радуга, хотя одна туча ещё висела над рекой.

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A rainbow appeared over the park, although one cloud still hung over the river.

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Breakdown of Над парком появилась радуга, хотя одна туча ещё висела над рекой.

Why are парком and рекой in the instrumental case?

Because the preposition над usually takes the instrumental when it means above / over in a location sense.

So:

This is a very common pattern:

So in this sentence, both phrases are describing location, and that is why the nouns after над are instrumental.

Why is it появилась, not появился or появилось?

Because the subject is радуга, and радуга is a feminine singular noun.

In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

Since радуга is feminine, the verb must be появилась.

Why is радуга in the nominative case?