| Grammar Notes: Sentence 1: Свеча горит в полной темноте. - Свеча (Svecha): Noun, feminine, singular, nominative case. Means "candle." - горит (gorit): Verb, 3rd person singular, present tense. Infinitive: гореть (goret'), meaning "to burn." - в (v): Preposition. Means "in" or "at." - полной (polnoy): Adjective, feminine, singular, prepositional case. Infinitive: полный (polnyy), meaning "full" or "complete." - темноте (temnote): Noun, feminine, singular, prepositional case. Means "darkness." Grammar Tip: The preposition в requires the prepositional case. Adjectives and nouns must agree in gender, number, and case. Here, полной and темноте are both feminine, singular, and in the prepositional case. Related Words: - свет (svet): Noun, masculine, meaning "light." - пламя (plamya): Noun, neuter, meaning "flame." Sentence 2: Воск медленно стекает по свече. - Воск (vosk): Noun, masculine, singular, nominative case. Means "wax." - медленно (medlenno): Adverb. Means "slowly." Derived from the adjective медленный (medlennyy), meaning "slow." - стекает (stekayet): Verb, 3rd person singular, present tense. Infinitive: стекать (stekat'), meaning "to flow down" or "to drip." - по (po): Preposition. Means "along" or "down." - свече (sveche): Noun, feminine, singular, dative case. Means "candle." Grammar Tip: The preposition по requires the dative case. Here, свече is in the dative case to indicate the surface along which the wax flows. Related Words: - капать (kapat'): Verb, meaning "to drip." - таять (tayat'): Verb, meaning "to melt." |
