Из чайника льётся горячая вода.

the water

Breakdown of Из чайника льётся горячая вода.

• из: from
• горячий: hot
• чайник: the kettle

Questions & Answers about Из чайника льётся горячая вода.

Why is чайника in the form чайника?

Because из means out of / from, and it requires the genitive case in Russian.

• dictionary form: чайник = kettle, teapot
• genitive singular: чайника

So:

• из чайника = out of the kettle

This is a very common pattern:

• из дома = out of the house
• из машины = out of the car
• из бутылки = out of the bottle

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Why is вода in the nominative, even though it comes after the verb?

Because вода is the subject of the sentence: it is the thing that is flowing/pouring.

Russian word order is much freer than English word order. In English, the subject usually has to come before the verb:

• Hot water is pouring from the kettle.

In Russian, the subject can come after the verb without changing its grammatical role:

• Из чайника льётся горячая вода.

Here, горячая вода is still the subject, so it stays in the nominative case.

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Why is it горячая вода and not горячую воду or some other form?