Breakdown of Бар, в котором я часто бываю, закрыт.
я
I
часто
often
в
in / to (direction)
закрыт
closed (закрыт, закрыта, закрыты)
Questions & Answers about Бар, в котором я часто бываю, закрыт.
Why does the sentence use бываю instead of a verb like хожу (I go) to mean visit?
While хожу focuses on the physical action of going somewhere regularly, бывать focuses on your presence: spending time or hanging out somewhere. In this context, я часто бываю means I am frequently at or I frequent.
Why is it в котором (in which) instead of just который?
In English, you can simply visit a place, using it as a direct object. But because бывать literally means to be somewhere regularly, you can't be a bar; you have to be in the bar. The relative pronoun который must be used with the preposition в and take the prepositional case (в котором) to match where the action of being happens.
Why is the word for closed закрыт instead of the full adjective закрытый?
Закрыт is a short-form participle. Russian uses short forms to act as the predicate of a sentence, stating a current condition or state (like is closed). If you used the full form закрытый, it would sound like an incomplete thought, similar to saying The bar... is the closed one.
Why are there commas around the phrase в котором я часто бываю?