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Это дом в хорошем состоянии, в котором всегда тепло.

Это дом в хорошем состоянии, в котором всегда тепло.
This is a house in good condition in which it is always warm.
From Lesson 135:Relative clauses in the prepositional (в котором, на котором)·Russian

Questions & Answers about Это дом в хорошем состоянии, в котором всегда тепло.

Why does the sentence use в котором, and which noun is it pointing back to?
в котором means "in which". It refers back to the masculine noun дом (house). Because it describes being "in" the house, we use the preposition в with the Prepositional case. The masculine Prepositional form of который is котором. Even though it comes right after the neuter noun состоянии, logic tells us it is warm inside the house, not inside the condition!
Why does состоянии end in -ии instead of the usual Prepositional -е ending?
The dictionary form of this word is состояние (condition or state). Neuter nouns that end in -ие are a special group: in the Prepositional case, they end in -ии rather than the standard -е.
Why is the adjective хорошем spelled with an -ем ending rather than -ом?
It is in the neuter Prepositional case to match состоянии. Usually, this ending is -ом, but Russian spelling rules state we cannot write an unstressed letter о after hushing consonants like ш. Therefore, the ending becomes -ем.
Why use тепло here instead of an adjective like тёплый?
тепло is an adverb used here to describe the general environment of the house, meaning "it is warm". Russian uses these impersonal adverb constructions for weather and room conditions, rather than using an adjective to describe the noun directly.

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