Questions & Answers about Остальные уже сидят в зале.
What does остальные mean here?
Остальные means the others, the rest, or the remaining ones.
In this sentence, it is being used on its own, without a noun. Russian often does this when the noun is understood from context.
For example:
- остальные люди = the other people / the rest of the people
- остальные = the others / the rest
So Остальные уже сидят в зале means something like The others are already sitting in the hall.
Why is остальные plural?
It is plural because it refers to more than one person.
The verb also shows this:
- сидят = they are sitting
So the sentence structure is:
- Остальные = plural subject
- сидят = plural verb form
If it were singular, you would expect something like:
- остальной сидит — but this is much less natural by itself when talking about people
- more commonly: остальной человек or a different phrasing would be used
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