Learn Hardcore Russian: В моей чашке лежит пакетик чёрного чая, а в её кружке — пакетик зелёного. - In my cup there is a tea bag of black tea, and in her mug there is a bag of green tea.

Word

В моей чашке лежит пакетик чёрного чая, а в её кружке — пакетик зелёного.

Meaning

In my cup there is a tea bag of black tea, and in her mug there is a bag of green tea.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Breakdown of В моей чашке лежит пакетик чёрного чая, а в её кружке — пакетик зелёного.

Why are чашке and кружке ending in -е?

Because after в when it means in for a location, Russian normally uses the prepositional case.

So:

This is the same location pattern as:

If there were motion into something, Russian would usually use the accusative instead:

So here it is в моей чашке and в её кружке because the teabags are already there.

Why is it моей, not моя?

Because мой has to agree with the noun it describes in gender, number, and case.

The noun чашка is:

So мой becomes моей.

Compare:

This is normal adjective/pronoun agreement in Russian.