Платіжна картка лежить біля банкомата.

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Breakdown of Платіжна картка лежить біля банкомата.

• лежати: to lie
• платіжна картка: the payment card
• банкомат: the cash machine

Questions & Answers about Платіжна картка лежить біля банкомата.

What does each word in Платіжна картка лежить біля банкомата mean?

• платіжна = payment, used for paying
• картка = card
• лежить = lies, is lying
• біля = near, by
• банкомата = of the ATM after the preposition біля

So the whole sentence means something like The payment card is lying near the ATM.

Why is it платіжна картка?

Because платіжна is an adjective describing картка, and it has to agree with the noun.

Here:

• картка is feminine
• singular
• nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence

So the adjective also becomes:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

That gives платіжна картка.

Why is банкомат written as банкомата here?