Breakdown of Мы жарим рыбу на кухне.
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
кухня
kitchen
рыба
fish
жарить
to fry
Questions & Answers about Мы жарим рыбу на кухне.
Why is the word for fish рыбу here instead of its dictionary form рыба?
Because the fish is the direct object receiving the action (it is being fried), so it must be in the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -а like рыба, the ending changes to -у in the accusative case.
Wait, why do we use на instead of в for "in the kitchen"?
In Russian, certain words traditionally use the preposition на (which usually means "on") instead of в (in) to express location. Кухня is one of these common exceptions, so you will always say на кухне when talking about being in the kitchen.
What case is кухне and why does it end in -е?
It is in the prepositional case, which is used here with на to show where the action is happening. The dictionary form is кухня, and feminine nouns ending in -я change to -е in the prepositional case.
Why does the verb жарим end in -им?
It is the "we" (мы) form of the verb жарить (to fry). Because the dictionary form ends in -ить, it belongs to the second conjugation group, which uses the -им ending for the "we" form.
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