Breakdown of В сентябре студенты работают.
студент
student (m)
работать
to work
в
on / during (a time period)
сентябрь
September
Questions & Answers about В сентябре студенты работают.
Why does the word for September (сентябрь) change to сентябре here?
When you want to say "in a certain month," Russian uses the preposition в (in) plus the Prepositional case. For masculine nouns ending in a soft sign (-ь) like сентябрь, you drop the soft sign and add -е.
How do we make the word студент plural?
For most masculine nouns that end in a hard consonant (like the т in студент), you just add -ы to the end to make them plural. So, студент becomes студенты.
Why does the verb работают end in -ют?
It is the "they" form of the verb работать (to work). Since "the students" represents "they", we take off the dictionary ending -ть and add the "they" ending -ют.
I see "the students" in the English translation, but where is "the" in the Russian sentence?
Russian doesn't have words for "a" or "the" (articles). You just say студенты, and we understand it means "the students" based on the context of the sentence.
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