В этом коротком примере тире стоит между двумя частями предложения.

Because в here means in/within, so it takes the prepositional case.

• пример → в примере
• этот → в этом
• короткий → в коротком

All three words agree with each other:

• в = in
• этом = this, prepositional singular
• коротком = short, prepositional singular
• примере = example, prepositional singular

So the whole phrase means in this short example.

They are both modifying примере, so they must match it in:

• gender: masculine
• number: singular
• case: prepositional

In the prepositional singular, masculine and neuter adjectives and adjective-like words often end in -ом:

• этот → этом
• короткий → коротком

This is standard adjective agreement in Russian.

Тире is the subject of the sentence.

The basic structure is:

• тире = the dash
• стоит = stands / is placed
• между двумя частями предложения = between two parts of the sentence

So literally, the sentence is something like:

In this short example, the dash stands between two parts of the sentence.

In natural English, that would usually be expressed as the dash is placed or the dash appears between two parts of the sentence.

Yes, стоять literally means to stand, but Russian often uses it more broadly for something that is positioned or located somewhere.

So тире стоит между... means:

• the dash stands between...
• more naturally in English: the dash is placed between...

Russian often uses everyday physical verbs in ways that sound more natural in Russian than in direct English translation.

Because между normally takes the instrumental case.

So:

• две части = two parts, nominative
• между двумя частями = between two parts, instrumental

Both words change:

• две → двумя
• части → частями

This is a very common pattern:

• между домами = between houses
• между друзьями = between friends
• между двумя частями = between two parts

Because it is also in the instrumental case, agreeing with the noun after между.

The numeral два / две changes by case. Here the base meaning is two, but after между it becomes двумя.

So:

• две части = two parts
• между двумя частями = between two parts

A learner often notices this because Russian numerals change a lot depending on case.

Because предложения is in the genitive case: it means of the sentence.

This is a noun-noun relationship:

• части предложения = parts of the sentence

So inside the larger phrase:

• между двумя частями предложения

you have:

• двумя частями = between two parts
• предложения = of the sentence

This is very common in Russian:

• конец книги = the end of the book
• начало урока = the beginning of the lesson
• части предложения = parts of the sentence

It is genitive singular.

The dictionary form is предложение. Here it becomes предложения to mean of the sentence.

So:

• предложение = sentence
• части предложения = parts of the sentence

Even though частями is plural, предложения stays singular because the meaning is parts of one sentence, not parts of sentences.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible, though not random.

This sentence starts with В этом коротком примере, which sets the context first:

• In this short example, ...

That is a very natural choice.

Other orders are possible, for example:

• Тире стоит между двумя частями предложения в этом коротком примере.

But that version sounds less smooth if the main point is the example itself. The original sentence is natural because it first tells you where we are looking, and then tells you what is happening there.

Russian has no articles like a or the.

So:

• тире can mean a dash or the dash
• предложения can mean of a sentence or of the sentence

The exact meaning comes from context. In this sentence, English naturally uses the dash and the sentence, but Russian does not need separate words for that.

No, тире is usually treated as an indeclinable noun, borrowed from French.

That means its form normally stays the same:

• тире
• о тире
• между тире would still keep тире as тире, if used that way

In this sentence, тире is the subject, so it is in the nominative, but its form does not visibly change anyway.

A useful breakdown is:

• В этом коротком примере — prepositional phrase of location/context
• тире — subject
• стоит — verb
• между двумя частями предложения — prepositional phrase showing position

So the pattern is basically:

[In this short example] + [the dash] + [is placed] + [between two parts of the sentence].

This is a good example of how Russian often expresses location and grammatical relationships through case endings rather than fixed word order.