Вон твой автобус.

your

Breakdown of Вон твой автобус.

• автобус: bus
• вон: over there

Questions & Answers about Вон твой автобус.

What does вон do in this sentence?

Вон is a pointing word. It means something like there, over there, or look, there is... depending on context.

In Вон твой автобус, it helps draw attention to something at a distance or something the speaker is pointing out:

• Вон твой автобус. = There’s your bus. / That’s your bus over there.

It often suggests that the thing is visible and can be pointed at.

Why is there no verb in this sentence?

Russian often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So where English says:

• That is your bus
• There is your bus

Russian can simply say:

• Вон твой автобус.

This is completely normal. In the present tense, Russian usually does not use a word equivalent to is/am/are in simple statements like this.

Why is the word order Вон твой автобус and not something else?