Из-за густого тумана корабли стоят в порту.
Due to the dense fog, the ships are standing in the port.
Breakdown of Из-за густого тумана корабли стоят в порту.
в
in / to (direction)
корабль
ship
стоять
to stand
из-за
because of; from behind
Questions & Answers about Из-за густого тумана корабли стоят в порту.
Why is it в порту instead of the standard prepositional ending в порте?
The word порт belongs to a special group of masculine nouns that take a stressed -у ending in the Prepositional case when describing a physical location. Because the ships are physically located in the port, we use в порту.
Why is the phrase for dense fog in the Genitive case (густого тумана)?
The preposition из-за (meaning due to or because of) always requires the Genitive case. Therefore, the masculine adjective густой changes to густого, and the noun туман changes to тумана.
Why does Russian use the verb стоят (stand) for ships?
In Russian, vehicles and vessels like cars, trains, and ships are described as standing (стоять) when they are parked, docked, or otherwise stationary.
The word for ship is корабль, so why does the plural end in -и (корабли)?
The word корабль is a masculine noun ending in a soft sign (-ь). For these nouns, the plural is formed by replacing the -ь with -и.