Word
Ребёнок нарисовал ромашку в альбоме.
Meaning
The child drew a daisy in the sketchbook.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Ребёнок нарисовал ромашку в альбоме.
в
in
ребёнок
the child
альбом
the sketchbook
ромашка
the daisy
Questions & Answers about Ребёнок нарисовал ромашку в альбоме.
What case is ребёнок in, and why?
Ребёнок is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the person/thing doing the action.
- ребёнок = the child
- It answers the question who drew?
- The answer is ребёнок
So the basic structure is:
- Ребёнок = subject
- нарисовал = verb
- ромашку = direct object
- в альбоме = location
Why is the verb нарисовал and not some other form?
Нарисовал is the past tense, singular, masculine form of нарисовать.
It tells you:
- the action happened in the past
- the subject is grammatically masculine singular
- the action is viewed as completed
Russian past-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:
- нарисовал = masculine singular
- нарисовала = feminine singular
- нарисовало = neuter singular
- нарисовали = plural
Because ребёнок is grammatically masculine, the verb appears as нарисовал.