Questions & Answers about Наша йога-студия находится рядом с метро.
Why is it наша, and not наш or наше?
Наша agrees with йога-студия, which is a feminine noun.
In Russian, possessive words like my, your, our change form to match the noun they describe:
- наш = masculine
- наша = feminine
- наше = neuter
- наши = plural
Since студия is feminine, you say наша йога-студия = our yoga studio.
Why is it written йога-студия with a hyphen?
Russian sometimes uses a hyphen in compound nouns made from two parts, especially when the first part acts like a modifier and the second part is the main noun.
So:
- йога-студия = yoga studio
- the main word is студия
- йога- tells you what kind of studio it is
This is similar to how Russian writes some other compound borrowed or modern terms. In practice, you should learn this spelling as a vocabulary item.
What does находится mean here? Is it the same as is?