Breakdown of Папа принёс зерно для кормушки, а мама сказала, что без воды птицы вряд ли останутся у окна.
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Принёс is the masculine singular past tense form of принести (to bring).
- папа is grammatically treated as masculine, so the verb matches it: принёс
- Compare:
- он принёс = he brought
- она принесла = she brought
- они принесли = they brought
This verb is also perfective, so it presents the action as a completed event: Dad brought the grain.
Here зерно is the direct object of принёс.
Because зерно is:
- neuter
- inanimate
- singular
its accusative form is the same as its nominative form:
- nominative: зерно
- accusative: зерно
So принёс зерно simply means brought grain / birdseed.
Also, зерно can function like a mass noun, so singular makes sense in Russian even where English might say some grain or birdseed.