Ребята уже сидят в кафе и ждут нас.

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Breakdown of Ребята уже сидят в кафе и ждут нас.

• в: in
• и: and
• нас: us

Questions & Answers about Ребята уже сидят в кафе и ждут нас.

Why does ребята end in -а if it means more than one person?

Because ребята is a plural noun, even though its ending may look unusual to an English speaker.

A few helpful points:

• Ребята means something like guys, kids, or the gang in an informal way.
• In Russian, not all plural nouns end the way learners first expect. Some plural forms end in -а / -я.

• Even though it ends in -а, it is still grammatically plural, so it takes a plural verb:

  Ребята сидят = plural subject + plural verb

So сидят is correct, not сидит.

Does ребята only refer to boys?

Not necessarily. Ребята is often used very broadly in informal Russian.

It can refer to:

• a group of boys
• a mixed group of people
• friends or companions in a casual tone

So depending on context, it may mean guys, everyone, you all, or the others. It is usually friendly and informal.

Why is there no pronoun like они for they?