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На ценнике было написано, что молоко стоит дешевле обычного.
Meaning
It was written on the price tag that the milk costs less than usual.
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Breakdown of На ценнике было написано, что молоко стоит дешевле обычного.
быть
to be
на
on
что
that
стоить
to cost
Questions & Answers about На ценнике было написано, что молоко стоит дешевле обычного.
Why is it на ценнике? What case is ценнике?
На ценнике uses the preposition на in its location meaning, so it takes the prepositional case.
- ценник = price tag / price label
- на ценнике = on the price tag
This is the normal way to say that some information is physically written on a tag, sign, label, board, etc.
What exactly is было написано grammatically?
Было написано is an impersonal passive construction.
A useful literal breakdown is:
- было = was
- написано = written
So literally, it is something like it was written.
Russian often uses this kind of structure when English might say:
- it said on the price tag
- it was written on the price tag
Also, написано here is a short passive participle from написать.
Why is it было and not был / была / были?