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У бабушки в ванной стоит старый таз, в котором она стирает мелкие вещи вручную.
Meaning
In Grandma’s bathroom there is an old basin in which she washes small things by hand.
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Breakdown of У бабушки в ванной стоит старый таз, в котором она стирает мелкие вещи вручную.
в
in
стоять
to stand
у
at
она
she
Questions & Answers about У бабушки в ванной стоит старый таз, в котором она стирает мелкие вещи вручную.
What does у бабушки mean here?
Here у + genitive means something like at Grandma’s place or in Grandma’s home. So у бабушки is not literally by the grandmother in a physical sense. It sets the scene: this basin is in the bathroom at Grandma’s.
This pattern is very common in Russian:
- У бабушки есть сад = Grandma has a garden
- Я был у бабушки = I was at Grandma’s place
So in this sentence, у бабушки в ванной means in Grandma’s bathroom.
Why is it в ванной, not в ванную?
Because this sentence describes location, not movement.
- в ванной = in the bathroom where something is
- в ванную = into the bathroom, showing motion toward it
Compare:
- Таз стоит в ванной = The basin is standing in the bathroom
- Я несу таз в ванную = I’m carrying the basin into the bathroom
Also, ванная here is a common short form of ванная комната.
Why does Russian use стоит here instead of есть?