Breakdown of Они всегда забирают заказ из магазина.
они
they
всегда
always
магазин
store, shop
из
out of
заказ
order
забирать
to pick up / to take away
Questions & Answers about Они всегда забирают заказ из магазина.
Why do we use из here instead of от to mean 'from'?
In Russian, the preposition for 'from' depends on the preposition used for 'to'. Because you go into a store (в магазин), you must use из (out of / from inside) when leaving it. от is used when you are moving away from a person or from the outside edge of something.
Why is the word for store spelled магазина here instead of магазин?
The preposition из always forces the noun that follows it into the genitive case. Since магазин is a masculine noun ending in a consonant, we add -а to the end to make it genitive.
заказ is the direct object being picked up. Why doesn't its ending change?
It actually is in the accusative case, which is used for direct objects! But because заказ (order) is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its basic dictionary form.
Why does this sentence use the imperfective verb забирают instead of a perfective form?
The adverb всегда (always) is the clue. It shows that picking up the order is a regular, repeating habit. In Russian, habitual or repeated actions always use the imperfective aspect of the verb.
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