Location and setting with на
на + prepositional covers surfaces and many conventional activity, event, and institutional frames.
- The choice between в and на is partly lexical. Learn common place frames with the noun and adjective together.
| Frame | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| на столе́ | на большо́м столе́ | surface |
| на рабо́те | на но́вой рабо́те | activity/institution |
| на уро́ке | на интере́сном уро́ке | event |
| на стадио́не | на но́вом стадио́не | conventional place frame |
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3.03 · Location and setting with на · table 1
на столе́ · на большо́м столе́ · surfaceна рабо́те · на но́вой рабо́те · activity/institutionMini-check
Choose в or на: ___ но́вой рабо́те; ___ большо́м музе́е. How should a learner store a place noun?
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- Say the Russian examples aloud, cover the model, and retrieve the pattern once before continuing.