Портной распорол и сметал подкладку.

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Breakdown of Портной распорол и сметал подкладку.

• портной: the tailor
• подкладка: the garment lining
• распороть: to unpick stitches

Questions & Answers about Портной распорол и сметал подкладку.

Why does портной look like an adjective?

Because some Russian nouns for people have adjective-like endings. Портной is still a noun, not an adjective; it means tailor and here it is the subject of the sentence.

It declines like an adjective:

• портной — nominative
• портного — genitive/accusative
• портному — dative

So in this sentence, портной is nominative singular masculine.

Why do распорол and сметал end in -л?

That is the normal marker of the past tense in Russian.

In the singular past, Russian also shows gender:

• masculine: -л
• feminine: -ла
• neuter: -ло

So:

• портной распорол и сметал = a male tailor did it
• if the subject were feminine, you would get распорола и сметала

What case is подкладку, and why?