Breakdown of Он изучает право.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
изучать
to study
право
right; law
Questions & Answers about Он изучает право.
Why do we use изучает here instead of учится or учит?
The verb изучать means to study a subject deeply or academically, like a university major. It always takes a direct object, which is право (law) here. Учиться means to be a student or to study at a place, and it cannot take a direct object. Учить is usually used for memorizing something smaller, like vocabulary.
I thought право meant a "right" (as in human rights). Can it mean "law" too?
Yes, право means both a "right" and "law" when referring to an academic field, a legal system, or jurisprudence. If you are talking about a specific, individual rule passed by a government, the word is закон.
What case is право in here?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object receiving the action of the verb. Because право is a neuter inanimate noun, its accusative form is completely identical to its nominative (dictionary) form.
Since we are learning the prepositional plural, how would I change this to say "he reads about laws"?
You would use the preposition о (about) plus the prepositional plural form. Since право is a neuter noun ending in -о, it takes the standard -ах ending in the plural, making it правах. You would say Он читает о правах (or о законах if you mean specific government rules).
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