Breakdown of Директор продаёт дом, который находится в плохом состоянии.
дом
house
плохой
bad
в
in / to (direction)
директор
director
продавать
to sell
который
which / who / that (relative pronoun)
находиться
to be located
состояние
condition
Questions & Answers about Директор продаёт дом, который находится в плохом состоянии.
Why does this sentence use just который if this lesson is about в котором (in which)?
In this sentence, который (which) is the subject of the second half of the sentence: 'which is located'. The preposition в (in) belongs to the phrase в плохом состоянии (in poor condition). You would only use в котором if you wanted to say something like 'the house in which I live' (дом, в котором я живу).
Why is дом not in the accusative case since it is the object being sold?
It actually is in the accusative case! Because дом is a masculine inanimate noun (an object, not a living person or animal), its accusative form is completely identical to its basic dictionary form.
Why use the verb находится instead of just dropping the verb 'to be' like usual in the present tense?
While Russian usually drops 'is' in the present tense, the verb находиться (literally 'to find oneself') is frequently used to describe where something is located or the physical state it is in. Using it here makes the sentence sound much more natural than having no verb at all.
What case is в плохом состоянии and why does the noun end in -ии?
It is in the prepositional case because it follows в to describe a state or condition. The dictionary form is состояние (condition), which is a neuter noun ending in -ие. As a special spelling rule, nouns ending in -ие change to -ии in the prepositional case, while the adjective плохой takes the standard neuter prepositional ending -ом.
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