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Questions & Answers about На старой лужайке рядом с муравейником мы увидели ромашку и маленький бутон лилии.
Why is it на старой лужайке, not на старая лужайка?
Because after на when it means on / at a location, Russian usually uses the prepositional case.
- лужайка = lawn / grassy clearing
- Prepositional singular: лужайке
- The adjective must match it:
- старая → старой
So:
- на старой лужайке = on the old lawn
If на meant motion onto something, Russian would use a different case, but here it describes location, so prepositional is correct.
Why does старой end in -ой?
Because старой agrees with лужайке.
лужайка is:
- feminine
- singular
- prepositional case
So the adjective must also be:
- feminine
- singular
- prepositional
That gives:
- старая → nominative
- старой → prepositional
Russian adjectives always agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.
Why is it рядом с муравейником?