Word
На кухне тарелки и чашки.
Meaning
In the kitchen are plates and cups.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of На кухне тарелки и чашки.
и
and
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
кухня
kitchen
тарелка
plate
Questions & Answers about На кухне тарелки и чашки.
Why do both тарелки and чашки end in -и instead of -ы to show they are plural?
Both words come from singular feminine nouns ending in -а: тарелка (plate) and чашка (cup). Normally, you replace -а with -ы to make them plural. However, Russian has a strict spelling rule: after the letters к, г, х, ш, щ, ж, and ч, you must write -и instead of -ы. Since both words have a к right before the ending, they become тарелки and чашки.
Why do we use на instead of в for the kitchen?
Usually, в means 'in' and на means 'on'. However, Russian uses на with certain specific rooms, places, and activities. Кухня (kitchen) is a common exception where you always say 'on the kitchen' (на кухне) rather than 'in the kitchen'.
Why does кухне end with an -е instead of an -я?
Because the sentence describes a location (where the plates and cups are), the noun is in the Prepositional case. The dictionary form is кухня, but to show location, the -я changes to -е, giving us на кухне.
Where is the word for 'are' in this sentence?