Word
Туча закрыла солнце.
Meaning
A cloud covered the sun.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
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Questions & Answers about Туча закрыла солнце.
Why is туча the subject of the sentence?
Because туча is in the nominative case, which is the normal case for the subject.
In Туча закрыла солнце:
- туча = cloud / storm cloud → subject
- закрыла = covered / blocked
- солнце = sun → direct object
So the sentence structure is basically:
- Туча = the thing doing the action
- закрыла = the action
- солнце = the thing affected by the action
Why is the verb закрыла and not закрыл or закрыло?
In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.
The noun туча is:
- feminine
- singular
So the past-tense verb must also be feminine singular:
- закрыл = masculine
- закрыла = feminine
- закрыло = neuter
- закрыли = plural
That is why the sentence has закрыла.
What case is солнце, and why does it look the same as the dictionary form?