Ателье находится рядом.

to be located

Breakdown of Ателье находится рядом.

• рядом: nearby
• ателье: the tailor's shop

Questions & Answers about Ателье находится рядом.

What part of speech is ателье, and what gender is it?

Ателье is a noun. In Russian, it is usually treated as neuter singular.

It is also an indeclinable noun, which means its form does not change across cases:

• это ателье
• в ателье
• рядом с ателье

This is common with some borrowed foreign words in Russian.

Because it is treated as neuter, adjectives and past-tense verbs usually agree with it in the neuter form:

• хорошее ателье
• ателье было закрыто

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Why is находится used here? Does it just mean is?

Находится literally means is located or is situated.

So:

• Ателье находится рядом. = The atelier / tailor’s shop is located nearby.

Russian often uses находиться when talking about location in a slightly more explicit or formal way.

A more conversational version is:

• Ателье рядом.

That also means The atelier is nearby.

So the difference is roughly:

• Ателье находится рядом. = a bit more explicit/formal
• Ателье рядом. = shorter, more natural in everyday speech

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