Breakdown of Как твоя учёба в университете?
твой
your [informal] (твой, твоя, твоё)
университет
university
учёба
studies, schooling
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Questions & Answers about Как твоя учёба в университете?
In English, "studies" is plural. Why is учёба singular?
In Russian, учёба refers to the general process of studying or your academic life as a whole, and it acts as a singular, uncountable noun. If you wanted to ask about specific lessons or classes, you would use the plural word занятия.
The English translation says "are going". Why isn't there a verb like идёт (is going) in the Russian sentence?
You actually can say Как идёт твоя учёба?, but it is very common to just leave the verb out in everyday speech. Because Russian routinely omits the present-tense verb "to be" (is/are), the structure naturally reduces to "How [is] your study?"
I always get confused by Russian words for studying. Why use учёба here instead of изучение?
Учёба is the broad, everyday word for "schooling," "schoolwork," or the lifestyle of being a student. Изучение is more formal and means the in-depth study of a specific subject (for example, изучение физики for "the study of physics"). Because this sentence asks about general university life, учёба is the right choice.
Why do we use в (в университете) when we use на for other daily activities like на работе (at work)?