Breakdown of Капитан показал ордер и вошёл в дом.
дом
house
и
and
в
in / to (direction)
показать
to show (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Капитан показал ордер и вошёл в дом.
Since this lesson is about irregular plurals, how would we say "warrants" and "houses" based on the words ордер and дом?
Both of these masculine nouns take a stressed -а in the plural! The plural of ордер (warrant) is ордера (warrants), and the plural of дом (house) is дома (houses).
Both ордер and дом are the targets of actions here. Why do they look exactly like they do in the dictionary?
They are both in the Accusative case: ордер is the direct object being shown, and дом follows the preposition в to show the direction of movement. Because they are inanimate masculine nouns, their Accusative form is identical to their Nominative form.
Why does the sentence use вошёл в instead of just пошёл в?
The prefix во- (a variation of в-) attached to a verb of motion specifically means "to enter" or "to go into". While пошёл в дом just means he went to the house, вошёл в дом emphasizes that he actually crossed the threshold and stepped inside.
Why are the verbs показал and вошёл both in the perfective aspect?
Perfective verbs are used to describe a chain of completed, one-time actions in the past. The captain successfully finished the first action (showing the warrant) and then moved on to the second action (entering the house).