После дождя земля в саду мокрая.

After the rain, the soil in the garden is wet.

Breakdown of После дождя земля в саду мокрая.

• в: in
• дождь: the rain
• сад: the garden
• после: after

Questions & Answers about После дождя земля в саду мокрая.

Why does дождь become дождя after после?

Because после requires the genitive case.

• dictionary form: дождь = rain
• genitive singular: дождя

So после дождя literally means after rain / after the rain.

What case is each noun in the sentence?

Here is the case of each noun:

• дождя — genitive singular, because it follows после
• земля — nominative singular, because it is the subject
• в саду — a location form after в, traditionally called prepositional, with a special locative ending here

So the basic structure is:

• После дождя = time phrase
• земля = subject
• в саду = place
• мокрая = description of the subject

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Russian, the verb to be is usually not said in the present tense.

So:

• земля в саду мокрая = the ground in the garden is wet

But in the past or future, Russian does use a form of :