Дедушка красит забор возле дома.

Because some Russian nouns for male people use endings that look like a typical feminine pattern. Дедушка is grammatically masculine, even though it ends in -а.

So in this sentence:

• дедушка = grandfather
• it is masculine
• it is in the nominative singular because it is the subject

This is similar to other masculine nouns like:

• папа = dad
• дядя = uncle
• мужчина = man

So the ending does not always tell you the gender by itself.

Красит is the 3rd person singular present-tense form of the verb красить.

Breakdown:

• красить = to paint
• красит = he/she paints or he/she is painting

Here it agrees with дедушка, so the meaning is:

• Grandfather paints the fence
• or Grandfather is painting the fence

Russian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous, depending on context.

Russian does not usually make a separate grammatical distinction like English does between:

• he paints
• he is painting

The present tense of an imperfective verb, such as красить, can express either:

1. a general/habitual action

   • Дедушка красит заборы каждое лето.
   • Grandfather paints fences every summer.

2. an action happening right now

   • Дедушка красит забор возле дома.
   • Grandfather is painting the fence near the house.

The exact meaning depends on context.

Забор is the direct object of the verb, so it should be in the accusative case.

However, for inanimate masculine singular nouns, the accusative form is usually the same as the nominative form.

So:

• nominative: забор
• accusative: забор

That is why you see красит забор and not a different ending.

Compare that with an animate masculine noun, where accusative often matches the genitive:

• Я вижу брата. = I see my brother.

But:

• Я вижу забор. = I see a fence.

Because возле requires the genitive case.

The basic noun is:

• дом = house, home

Its genitive singular form is:

• дома

So:

• возле дома = near the house / by the house

This is a very common pattern. Other prepositions that often require the genitive include:

• у
• около
• без
• для
• из

Yes, возле usually means near, next to, or by.

In this sentence:

• возле дома = near the house

It is very close in meaning to около дома. In many contexts, возле and около are interchangeable.

Examples:

• возле школы = near the school
• около школы = near the school

Sometimes learners also meet у дома, which can mean by the house or at the house, but возле дома is a very clear way to say physical proximity.

The word order here is the neutral, straightforward one:

• Дедушка = subject
• красит = verb
• забор = object
• возле дома = location

So the sentence is basically:

• Grandfather paints/is painting the fence near the house.

Russian word order is more flexible than English because case endings show grammatical roles. So other orders are possible, for example:

• Возле дома дедушка красит забор.
• Забор возле дома красит дедушка.

These alternatives change the emphasis or sound more marked, but the basic meaning can stay similar. The original version is the most neutral and beginner-friendly.

Russian has no articles, so it does not have direct equivalents of English a/an and the.

That means:

• дедушка can mean grandfather or the grandfather
• забор can mean a fence or the fence
• дом can mean a house, the house, or home, depending on context

English requires articles, but Russian relies on context to show whether something is specific or general.

So Дедушка красит забор возле дома could be translated as:

• Grandfather is painting the fence near the house
• or A grandfather is painting a fence near a house

Usually the surrounding context tells you which is intended.

Here is the full breakdown:

• Дедушка — nominative singular
  Subject of the sentence

• красит — verb, 3rd person singular present

• забор — accusative singular
  Direct object of the verb

• возле — preposition
  Requires the genitive case

• дома — genitive singular of дом
  Used after возле

So the structure is:

• subject + verb + direct object + prepositional phrase

The stress is:

• ДЕдушка
• КРАсит
• заБОР
• воЗЛЕ
• ДОма

A rough pronunciation guide:

• ДЕдушка ≈ DYE-dush-ka
• КРАсит ≈ KRA-sit
• заБОР ≈ za-BOR
• воЗЛЕ ≈ va-ZLYE
• ДОма ≈ DO-ma

A full rough approximation:

• DYE-dush-ka KRA-sit za-BOR va-ZLYE DO-ma

As always, English-style approximations are imperfect, but stress placement is very important in Russian.

The dictionary forms are:

• дедушка → дедушка
• красит → красить
• забор → забор
• возле → возле
• дома → дом

So if you are looking these up:

• noun: дедушка
• verb: красить
• noun: забор
• preposition: возле
• noun: дом

For verbs, dictionaries normally list the infinitive, so you would search for красить, not красит.