Breakdown of Стояк проверят управляющая компания и аварийная служба.
и
and
проверить
to check
стояк
the riser pipe
управляющая компания
the property management company
Questions & Answers about Стояк проверят управляющая компания и аварийная служба.
How do I know who is doing the action here, if the sentence starts with стояк?
Because Russian word order is flexible. The first noun is not automatically the subject.
In this sentence:
- стояк = the direct object, what will be checked
- управляющая компания и аварийная служба = the subject, who will check it
Two clues help:
- проверят is plural, so it matches the plural meaning of управляющая компания и аварийная служба taken together.
- стояк is singular, so it cannot match проверят as the subject here.
So the sentence means:
- The management company and the emergency repair service will inspect the riser.
What case is стояк, and why does it look the same as the dictionary form?
Стояк is in the accusative singular, because it is the direct object of проверят.
But for many inanimate masculine nouns, the accusative singular looks exactly like the nominative singular.
So:
- nominative: стояк
- accusative: стояк
That is completely normal in Russian.
Why is проверят plural if компания and служба are both singular words?