Спасательница показала детям, как помочь пострадавшему до приезда врача.

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Breakdown of Спасательница показала детям, как помочь пострадавшему до приезда врача.

• как: how
• показать: to show
• врач: the doctor

Questions & Answers about Спасательница показала детям, как помочь пострадавшему до приезда врача.

Why is спасательница feminine, and how is it different from спасатель?

Спасательница is the feminine form of спасатель and means a female rescuer / female lifeguard / female emergency worker, depending on context.

Russian often has:

• спасатель = masculine form
• спасательница = explicitly feminine form

In modern Russian, the masculine job title can sometimes be used generically, but спасательница makes it clear that the rescuer is a woman.

This also affects the verb:

• спасательница показала = the female rescuer showed
• спасатель показал = the male rescuer showed

So the noun and past-tense verb match in gender.

Why is the verb показала ending in -а?

In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

For показать in the past tense:

• показал = masculine singular
• показала = feminine singular
• показало = neuter singular
• показали = plural

Since the subject is спасательница, which is feminine singular, the correct form is показала.

Why is детям in the dative case?