Дочка долго смотрела, как бабочка садится на цветок, а пчела летит к другому.

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Breakdown of Дочка долго смотрела, как бабочка садится на цветок, а пчела летит к другому.

• к: to
• смотреть: to watch
• лететь: to fly

Questions & Answers about Дочка долго смотрела, как бабочка садится на цветок, а пчела летит к другому.

Why is it дочка and not дочь?

Both mean daughter, but дочка is the more affectionate, everyday form. It often sounds warmer and more natural in ordinary speech.

Grammatically, дочка here is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

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Why is it смотрела?

Because the subject, дочка, is feminine singular.

In the Russian past tense, the verb agrees with the subject in gender and number:

• смотрел = masculine
• смотрела = feminine
• смотрело = neuter
• смотрели = plural

So with дочка, you need смотрела.

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What is как doing here?

Here как introduces what the girl was watching. After verbs of seeing, hearing, watching, noticing, and so on, как often means something like:

• how
• the way
• as

So смотрела, как... means watched how... / watched as...

It is not a question word here.

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