Word
Автобус зупиняється біля школи.
Meaning
The bus stops near the school.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Автобус зупиняється біля школи.
What gender, number, and case is Автобус in?
It’s masculine, singular, and in the nominative case, because it functions as the subject of the sentence.
What is the infinitive form of зупиняється?
The infinitive is зупинятися (“to stop; to come to a halt”).
What tense, person, and number is зупиняється?
It’s present tense, 3rd person singular.
What aspect is the verb зупинятися, and what’s its perfective counterpart?
It’s imperfective, indicating a repeated or ongoing action. Its perfective counterpart (one-time completion) is зупинитися (“to stop” once).
What does the suffix -ся do in зупиняється?
The -ся suffix makes the verb reflexive/intransitive, so the action “stopping” happens by itself (“the bus stops”). Without -ся (зупиняє), it would be transitive (“he stops something”).
What case is школи in, and why?