Questions & Answers about Мама кладёт тесто в форму.
What part of speech is кладёт, and what form is it in?
Кладёт is a verb. It is the 3rd person singular present-tense form of класть.
So:
- класть = the dictionary form, to put / to place
- кладёт = he/she/it puts, is putting
In this sentence, the subject is мама, so кладёт means Mother is putting / puts.
Why is it кладёт with ё?
Because the verb is pronounced with yo: кла-дёт.
A few useful points:
- ё is always stressed
- кладёт is pronounced roughly klya-DYOT
- In many Russian texts, ё is often written as е, so you may see кладет, but it is still understood as кладёт
For learners, it is very helpful to remember the ё here.
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