У дочки яркий дождевик, который видно издалека.

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Breakdown of У дочки яркий дождевик, который видно издалека.

• яркий: bright
• видно: visible
• дочка: the daughter

Questions & Answers about У дочки яркий дождевик, который видно издалека.

Why does the sentence start with У дочки instead of using a verb like имеет for has?

Russian very often expresses possession with the pattern:

У + genitive + [something]

Literally, У дочки яркий дождевик is closer to At the daughter there is a bright raincoat.

That is the normal, natural way to say The daughter has a bright raincoat.

Using иметь is possible in Russian, but it is much less common in everyday speech for simple possession. So У дочки... sounds much more natural.

Why is it дочки and not дочь?

Because у requires the genitive case.

The base word is either:

• дочь = daughter
• дочка = daughter, a more everyday or affectionate form

Here the sentence uses дочка, and its genitive singular is дочки.

So:

• дочка → nominative
• дочки → genitive after у

Is дочка different from дочь?