Breakdown of Врач делает десять шагов и видит шесть пациентов.
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врач
doctor
делать
to do
видеть
to see
шесть
six
десять
ten
шаг
step
пациент
patient
Questions & Answers about Врач делает десять шагов и видит шесть пациентов.
Why are the words for 'steps' and 'patients' in the Genitive plural case (шагов, пациентов)?
In Russian, numbers from 5 and up (like десять and шесть here) require the noun that follows them to be in the Genitive plural.
The English translation says the doctor 'takes' steps, but doesn't делает mean 'makes' or 'does'?
Yes! In Russian, you 'make' a step (делать шаг) rather than 'take' one.
How do we form the Genitive plural for шаг and пациент?
Both шаг and пациент are masculine nouns ending in a hard consonant. To make them Genitive plural, you simply add -ов to the end, giving us шагов and пациентов.
Why does видит end in -ит instead of -ет like делает?
делать (to do/make) is a regular first-conjugation verb, so it takes the -ет ending. видеть (to see) is an exception: even though it ends in -еть, it acts like a second-conjugation verb and uses -ит.
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