Breakdown of Вы хотите взять билет номер шестнадцать?
вы
you (plural)
хотеть
to want
билет
ticket
взять
to take / to adopt
номер
number (phone, room)
шестнадцать
sixteen
Questions & Answers about Вы хотите взять билет номер шестнадцать?
Why is шестнадцать in its basic dictionary form here instead of changing case?
When a number is used as a name or identifier (like a room number, bus number, or ticket number), it acts as a label. Because it simply names the number after the word номер, it stays in the basic nominative form, just like reading it off a list.
I noticed the letter т in шестнадцать. Is it pronounced?
No, the т in шестнадцать is silent. It is spelled with a т because it comes from шесть (six), but you pronounce it as if it were written "шеснадцать". This is a very common pronunciation rule to remember for Russian numbers ending in -дцать.
Why does the sentence use the perfective verb взять instead of the imperfective брать?
You use the perfective взять because you are asking about a single, one-time action with a specific result: the completed action of taking this one specific ticket (билет номер шестнадцать).
Isn't билет the direct object of the verb? Why doesn't its ending change?
It is the direct object, and it actually is in the accusative case! However, билет is a masculine inanimate noun (a non-living thing). For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative case always looks exactly the same as the dictionary (nominative) form.
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