Questions & Answers about Мама рада: папа дома.
Why is there no word for 'is' in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb 'to be' is almost never used. So instead of saying 'Mum is glad', you simply say Мама рада (Mum glad). The same goes for the second part: папа дома literally translates to 'dad at home'.
Why is the word for glad рада instead of рад?
Dad is masculine, so why does папа end in an 'a' like a feminine word?
A small group of Russian nouns refer to men but have feminine-style endings, like папа (dad) and дедушка (granddad). Even though they end in 'a', they are still grammatically masculine words.
I thought the word for house or home was дом. Why is it дома here?
дом is the noun for a physical house or building. However, when you want to say the location 'at home', you use the fixed word дома. Think of it as a location word answering the question 'where?' rather than just naming a building.
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