Breakdown of Очередь в этом магазине — обычное явление.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
в
in / to (direction)
магазин
store, shop
очередь
queue
обычный
usual
явление
phenomenon
Questions & Answers about Очередь в этом магазине — обычное явление.
This lesson is about the verb бывать (to occur). How could we rewrite this sentence using that verb instead?
You could say В этом магазине часто бывают очереди (Queues often occur in this shop). The word явление (occurrence) is a noun, but using the habitual verb бывать is a very natural alternative to express that something happens regularly.
Why is there a dash (—) in the middle of this sentence?
In Russian, when both the subject (очередь) and the core concept describing it (явление) are nouns in the nominative case, a dash is used to link them in the present tense. It essentially replaces the missing word 'is'.
Why does этот магазин become этом магазине here?
Because it describes a static location (answering the question 'where?'), it takes the prepositional case. The preposition в (in) forces the prepositional endings -ом for the pronoun and -е for the noun.
What gender is the word очередь?
Очередь is a feminine noun. Nouns ending in a soft sign (-ь) can be either masculine or feminine, but words ending in -дь, -ть, -зь, or -сь are almost always feminine.
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