Breakdown of Через час врач проверит пломбу.
врач
doctor
час
hour
проверить
to check (perfective)
через
in (after a period of time)
пломба
filling
Questions & Answers about Через час врач проверит пломбу.
How does через час work to mean 'in an hour'?
The preposition через is used to show that an event will happen after a certain amount of time has passed, much like 'in' or 'after' in English. It requires the noun that follows to be in the Accusative case. Because час (hour) is a masculine inanimate noun (not a living thing), its Accusative form looks exactly the same as its dictionary form.
Why does проверит mean 'will check' if there is no future helper word like будет?
The verb проверить is a perfective verb, which means it focuses on a completed action. When you conjugate a perfective verb with present-tense endings (here, the he/she/it ending -ит), it automatically forms the simple future tense ('will check'). You only use the helper word будет (will) with imperfective verbs.
Why does the word for 'filling' end in -у here (пломбу)?
It is the direct object of the sentence because it is the thing being checked by the doctor. Therefore, it must take the Accusative case. The dictionary form is the feminine noun пломба, and for feminine nouns ending in -а, the ending changes to -у in the Accusative case.
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