Breakdown of Где медаль, которую мы получили на девятом соревновании?
где
where / wherever
мы
we
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
девятый
ninth
получить
to receive (perfective)
который
which / who / that (relative pronoun)
соревнование
competition (sports, athletic)
медаль
medal (f)
Questions & Answers about Где медаль, которую мы получили на девятом соревновании?
Why is it девятом instead of just девятый or девятое?
It's the Prepositional case form of the ordinal number девятый (ninth). It modifies соревновании (competition), which is a neuter noun in the Prepositional case after the preposition на. For neuter and masculine nouns in this case, ordinal numbers take the -ом (or -ем) ending.
Why does соревновании end in -ии in the Prepositional case instead of the usual -е?
The dictionary form is соревнование, a neuter noun ending in -ие. Nouns ending in -ия, -ий, and -ие have a special rule for the Prepositional case: they take the ending -ии rather than -е.
Why do we use на here instead of в for "at the competition"?
In Russian, you use на for events, activities, and gatherings, rather than physical enclosed spaces. Since a competition (соревнование) is an event, we say на соревновании to mean "at the competition".
Why is которую in the Accusative case if медаль is the subject of the first part of the sentence?
The word которую (which/that) links the two clauses. Its gender and number (feminine singular) match the noun it refers to (медаль). However, its case is determined by its role in its own clause. Since we (мы) are doing the receiving, "which" is the direct object (the thing being received). Therefore, it takes the Accusative case form которую.
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