Breakdown of В нашей деревне очень тихо.
наш
our (наш, наша, наше)
очень
very
тихо
quietly
в
in / to (direction)
Questions & Answers about В нашей деревне очень тихо.
Why do we use нашей instead of наша?
The word наша (our) has to match the noun it describes. Since деревне (village) is in the prepositional case to show location after в (in), the pronoun changes to match. For feminine nouns in the prepositional case, наша becomes нашей.
Why does деревня become деревне here?
The dictionary form is деревня (village). Because we are talking about a location ("in the village"), it is in the prepositional case. For feminine nouns ending in -а or -я, the prepositional ending is almost always -е.
Where is the word for "it is" in this sentence?
Russian doesn't use subjects like "it is" to describe general conditions, weather, or environments. You simply use a word like тихо (quiet) all by itself to mean "it is quiet".
Why is it тихо and not the adjective form тихий or тихая?
Because there is no specific noun being described as "quiet". When describing the general atmosphere (an impersonal sentence), Russian uses the adverb form ending in -о, like тихо, rather than a normal adjective.