Маленькая снежинка села мне на лоб и сразу исчезла.

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Breakdown of Маленькая снежинка села мне на лоб и сразу исчезла.

• и: and
• на: on
• мне: me

Questions & Answers about Маленькая снежинка села мне на лоб и сразу исчезла.

Why is маленькая in the form маленькая?

Because it describes снежинка, and снежинка is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative case (the subject of the sentence)

So the adjective has to agree with it:

• маленький — masculine
• маленькая — feminine
• маленькое — neuter
• маленькие — plural

Here, маленькая снежинка means a small snowflake.

Why is снежинка feminine?

Russian nouns have grammatical gender, and nouns ending in -а / -я are very often feminine. Since снежинка ends in -а, it is feminine.

That matters because other words have to match it, for example:

• маленькая снежинка
• снежинка села
• снежинка исчезла

Both past-tense verbs are in the feminine singular form because the subject is feminine.

What does села mean here? Does it literally mean sat down?