Президент уже здесь.

The president is already here.

Breakdown of Президент уже здесь.

• здесь: here
• уже: already
• президент: the president

Questions & Answers about Президент уже здесь.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Президент уже здесь. = The president is already here.

Russian does not normally say a present-tense equivalent of Президент уже есть здесь for this meaning. That would sound unnatural.

You will often see this pattern:

• Он дома. = He is at home.
• Мама на работе. = Mom is at work.
• Президент здесь. = The president is here.

In past or future tense, forms of быть do appear:

• Президент был здесь. = The president was here.
• Президент будет здесь. = The president will be here.

What case is Президент in?

Президент is in the nominative case.

It is the subject of the sentence: the person being talked about.

Here the sentence structure is basically:

• Президент = subject
• уже = already
• здесь = here

Since nothing is happening to the president grammatically, and he is simply the topic/subject, the nominative is used.

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