Breakdown of Автор последней статьи живёт в деревне.
жить
to live
в
in / to (direction)
деревня
village
статья
article
Questions & Answers about Автор последней статьи живёт в деревне.
Why does the adjective последняя change to последней here instead of taking the standard -ой ending?
Последняя is a soft adjective. For feminine nouns in the genitive case, standard hard adjectives take the ending -ой (like новой). But soft adjectives take the ending -ей. So, modifying the genitive noun статьи, it becomes последней.
How does the sentence say "of the last article" without using a word for "of"?
Russian uses the genitive case to show possession or the relationship we translate as "of" in English. By changing последняя статья into the genitive form последней статьи, it automatically means "of the last article".
What is the dictionary form of статьи and how does it form the genitive?
The dictionary form is статья (article). Because it is a feminine noun ending in -я, it changes its ending to -и in the genitive case, becoming статьи.
The dictionary form of the verb "to live" is жить. Where does the в come from in живёт?
The verb жить has an irregular stem in the present tense. Instead of just dropping the -ть, a -в- appears before the standard endings: я живу, ты живёшь, он живёт.