Breakdown of Магазин на проспекте.
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
магазин
store, shop
проспект
avenue
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Questions & Answers about Магазин на проспекте.
Wait, doesn't магазин mean "magazine"?
No, магазин is a "false friend." It sounds like the English word "magazine," but it actually means "shop" or "store." If you want to talk about a reading magazine, the Russian word is журнал.
Where is the verb "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" (am, is, are) is almost always skipped. You just say "Shop on avenue" (Магазин на проспекте), and the "is" is understood automatically.
Why does the word for avenue end in "е" (проспекте)?
The dictionary form of the word is проспект. Because we are describing a location (answering the question "where?"), we have to change the noun to the Prepositional case. For most masculine words that end in a consonant, like проспект, you simply add -е to the end.
Could I use в instead of на here?
Not in this case. In Russian, you generally use на (which often means "on") for streets, avenues, and squares. Since проспект is a broad street or avenue, we must use на rather than в (which usually means "in" or "inside").