Word
Мы нашли бабушкин старинный браслет после того как открыли шкатулку.
Meaning
We found grandma's antique bracelet after we opened the jewelry box.
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Breakdown of Мы нашли бабушкин старинный браслет после того как открыли шкатулку.
мы
we
как
how
найти
to find
открыть
to open
Questions & Answers about Мы нашли бабушкин старинный браслет после того как открыли шкатулку.
Why is it бабушкин and not in the accusative case, since it is the direct object of the verb?
It actually is in the accusative case! Because браслет is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative form is identical to its nominative form. Therefore, both the possessive adjective бабушкин and the regular adjective старинный keep their base masculine forms here.
If we were talking about grandma's jewelry box instead of her bracelet, how would бабушкин change?
If the object were feminine, like шкатулка (jewelry box), you would use the feminine accusative ending: бабушкину шкатулку. Remember that possessive adjectives with the -ин suffix take short endings in the nominative and accusative cases, such as -у for the feminine accusative.
Why do we use после того как instead of just saying после открыли?
In Russian, the preposition после (after) can only be followed by a noun or pronoun in the genitive case. It cannot directly attach to a verb. To introduce a full clause with its own verb, you must use the compound conjunction после того как, which acts like a bridge meaning 'after the fact that'.
Could I use старый instead of старинный to describe the bracelet?