Breakdown of На каком факультете ты учишься?
ты
you (singular)
какой
which/what kind of (m, sister forms: какая, какое)
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
учиться
to study (be a student)
факультет
faculty
Questions & Answers about На каком факультете ты учишься?
Why do we use учишься here instead of изучаешь?
The verb учиться is used when talking about where or how someone studies (like at a university, or in this case, at a specific faculty). We use изучать when talking about what academic subject someone is studying, like chemistry or history.
Why is the preposition на used here instead of в?
In Russian, the noun факультет (faculty/university department) always takes the preposition на to mean "at" or "in", rather than в. It is a set phrase: you study в университете (in a university), but на факультете (at a faculty).
Why is the word какой changed to каком here?
It is in the Prepositional case because it describes the location where the studying is happening, following the preposition на. Because факультет is a masculine noun, the question word какой (which) takes the masculine Prepositional ending -ом, becoming каком.
Why is there a soft sign (ь) in the middle of учишься?
The verb is conjugated for ты (you). In Russian, all verbs in the present tense ты form end in -шь (like ты делаешь or ты говоришь). Because this verb is reflexive, you keep that exact spelling and simply attach -ся to the end, resulting in -шься.
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