Questions & Answers about Врач думает о здоровье.
Why is "about" translated as о here instead of об?
The preposition о means "about" and is used before words starting with a consonant, like здоровье (health). You only change it to об when the next word starts with a vowel sound, just like how "a" changes to "an" in English.
Since о (about) usually makes the next word change its ending, why does здоровье look exactly like its dictionary form?
The preposition о requires the Prepositional case, which usually means replacing a noun's ending with an -е. Because the neuter noun здоровье already ends in -е in its dictionary form, its ending in the Prepositional case happens to look exactly the same!
The letter ч is a soft sound. Why isn't there a soft sign (ь) at the end of врач?
Even though ч is always pronounced softly in Russian, spelling rules depend on gender. Masculine nouns ending in sounds like ч, ш, or ж (like врач or муж) never get a soft sign at the end. Only feminine nouns like ночь (night) add the ь.
How is the verb думает (thinks) formed?
It comes from the dictionary form думать (to think). This is a very regular First Conjugation verb. For a "he/she/it" subject like врач (the doctor), you simply drop the -ть from the end and add the ending -ет.
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