Breakdown of Гончар сушит новые изделия внутри старой мастерской.
новый
new
старый
old
мастерская
the workshop
внутри
inside (location)
гончар
the potter
сушить
to dry
изделие
the product
Questions & Answers about Гончар сушит новые изделия внутри старой мастерской.
We are currently learning adverbs like по-старому. How would the sentence change if we used it here?
Why does the word for workshop (мастерская) end in -ой here?
The preposition внутри (inside) requires the genitive case. The word мастерская is an adjectival noun, meaning it declines exactly like an adjective. In the genitive case, the feminine ending -ая changes to -ой, giving us внутри старой мастерской.
Why doesn't the direct object новые изделия change its ending for the accusative case?
Изделие (product or item) is an inanimate neuter noun. For inanimate neuter and masculine nouns, the accusative plural form is identical to the nominative plural. Since the potter is acting upon them, they are in the accusative case here, even though the endings look exactly like the nominative case.
Can I use the perfective verb высушит instead of сушит to mean 'dries'?
No, using the perfective высушит would change the meaning to the future tense: the potter 'will dry' the products. Because this sentence describes a present, ongoing, or habitual action, you must use the imperfective verb сушит.
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