Word
Когда вода тёплая, дети любят плескаться у берега.
Meaning
When the water is warm, children love splashing around near the shore.
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Breakdown of Когда вода тёплая, дети любят плескаться у берега.
вода
the water
любить
to love
когда
when
ребёнок
the child
Questions & Answers about Когда вода тёплая, дети любят плескаться у берега.
Why is there a comma after тёплая?
Because Когда вода тёплая is a subordinate clause, and Russian normally separates subordinate clauses from the main clause with a comma.
So the structure is:
- Когда вода тёплая, — When the water is warm
- дети любят плескаться у берега. — children like to splash near the shore.
Even when the subordinate clause comes first, the comma is still required.
Why is it тёплая and not тёплый or тёплое?
Because тёплая must agree with вода.
The noun вода is:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
So the adjective also has to be:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
That gives тёплая.
Compare:
- тёплый чай — warm tea
- тёплая вода — warm water
- тёплое молоко — warm milk
Why is there no word for is in вода тёплая?