У входа в парк растут тюльпаны.

Tulips are growing at the entrance to the park.

Breakdown of У входа в парк растут тюльпаны.

• в: to
• парк: the park
• расти: to grow
• у: at

Questions & Answers about У входа в парк растут тюльпаны.

What is the sentence structure literally, word by word?

A very literal breakdown is:

• У = by / near / at
• вхо́да = of the entrance (genitive singular of вход)
• в парк = into the park / to the park
• расту́т = grow / are growing
• тюльпа́ны = tulips

So the sentence is literally something like:

By the entrance to the park, tulips are growing.

More natural English: Tulips grow near the entrance to the park or There are tulips growing by the park entrance.

Why is it у входа, not у вход?

Because the preposition у requires the genitive case.

• dictionary form: вход
• genitive singular: входа

So:

• у входа = near the entrance

This is a fixed grammar pattern:

• у дома = by the house
• у окна = by the window
• у двери = by the door

Here у means near / by / at.

Why is it в парк, not в парке?