Breakdown of Рядом с беседкой под деревьями стоят новые тренажёры.
дерево
tree
новый
new
под
under
стоять
to stand
рядом с
next to
беседка
gazebo
тренажёр
exercise machine
Questions & Answers about Рядом с беседкой под деревьями стоят новые тренажёры.
Why is the subject (новые тренажёры) at the very end of the sentence?
In Russian, the most important new information usually goes at the end of the sentence. By starting with the location (Рядом с беседкой под деревьями) and putting the subject at the end, the sentence emphasizes what is located there. In English, we often use the dummy subject "There are..." to achieve this same effect.
Both с and под take the instrumental case here (беседкой, деревьями). Do they always follow the exact same case rules?
Not quite. The prepositional phrase рядом с (next to) always requires the instrumental case. However, под (under) takes the instrumental case only to show static location (where something currently is). It takes the accusative case to show direction of motion (where something is going). Since the machines are stationary, we use the instrumental под деревьями.
How could we rewrite this sentence to practice this lesson's grammar, saying "not only next to the gazebo, but also under the trees"?
You would place the double conjunction directly before the two location phrases you want to connect: Не только рядом с беседкой, но и под деревьями стоят новые тренажёры. Notice how the prepositions are kept intact right after each part of the conjunction.
What is the nominative singular of деревьями, and why does it have a soft sign here?
The nominative singular is дерево (tree), which is a neuter noun. It has an irregular plural form, деревья. When declining these irregular soft-sign plurals into the instrumental case, the soft sign is kept right before the ending, resulting in деревьями.
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