Breakdown of Этот мастер работает в салоне каждый день.
день
day
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
работать
to work
в
in / to (direction)
каждый
every
салон
the salon
мастер
the stylist / master / craftsperson
Questions & Answers about Этот мастер работает в салоне каждый день.
Why do we use the Accusative case for каждый день when there is no preposition like 'in' or 'on'?
To express frequency like 'every day' or 'every week', Russian uses the Accusative case without any preposition. Here, because день (day) is a masculine inanimate noun, its Accusative form каждый день looks exactly identical to the basic Nominative dictionary form.
Why is мастер translated as 'stylist'? Doesn't it mean 'master'?
The word мастер literally means a skilled craftsman or expert. However, in modern everyday Russian, it is the standard title for a professional who provides personal services, especially in a beauty salon (like a hairdresser, barber, or nail technician).
Why does the sentence use Этот (masculine) if the stylist in a salon might be a woman?
The noun мастер is grammatically masculine, regardless of the person's actual gender. Adjectives and pointing words like этот (this) must always agree with the grammatical gender of the noun they modify, so it stays Этот мастер even for a female stylist.
Why is it в салоне (Prepositional case) instead of в салон (Accusative case)?
The preposition в (in/into) takes the Prepositional case to show location, answering the question 'where?' (working in the salon). It takes the Accusative case only to show direction or destination, answering 'to where?' (going into the salon).
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