Breakdown of Они ждут доставку из столицы.
они
they
ждать
to wait (imperfective)
столица
capital city
из
out of
Questions & Answers about Они ждут доставку из столицы.
Why do we use из instead of от to mean "from" in this sentence?
In Russian, the preposition for "from" depends on the preposition you use for "in" or "at". Because you say "in the capital" using в (в столице), you must use из for "from/out of". The preposition от is used instead when you are coming from a person or moving away from the side of an object.
Why is доставку in the accusative case? Doesn't the verb ждать (to wait) take the genitive?
The verb ждать takes the accusative case when you are waiting for a specific, concrete thing—like a scheduled package you ordered (доставку). It usually takes the genitive case when you are waiting for something abstract (like "peace" or "love") or indefinite (like "a train", but no particular one).
Why does the word столица (capital) change to столицы?
The preposition из always forces the noun that follows it into the genitive case. Since столица is a feminine noun ending in -а, its genitive ending becomes -ы, making it столицы.
What is the dictionary form (infinitive) of ждут?