Questions & Answers about Телефон упал на пол.
Why is there no word for the in Телефон упал на пол?
Russian has no articles, so it does not have separate words for a/an and the like English does.
So Телефон can mean:
- the phone
- a phone
Which one sounds most natural depends on context. In a simple sentence like Телефон упал на пол, English will often translate it as The phone fell on(to) the floor because the situation usually refers to a specific phone already understood from context.
Why is телефон in the form телефон?
Телефон is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.
The basic dictionary form is:
- телефон = phone / telephone
In this sentence, the phone is the thing that did the action of falling, so nominative is exactly what you would expect.
Why is the verb упал and not упала or упало?