My Home: Rooms & Furniture
The prepositional case you just met needs somewhere to live. This lesson gives it a whole apartment — and teaches you to describe yours, room by room.
The Rooms
The Furniture
What's Where
One pattern furnishes every room — в + prepositional + есть:
В комнате есть диван, кресло и лампа.
In the room there are a sofa, an armchair and a lamp.
Note: The same есть as «у меня есть», pointed at a place instead of a person.
And to find things, где + the prepositional answer:
дом vs дома
Common Mistakes
- Дом for “at home”. Я дом means "I am a house." You want Я дома.
- Кровать as masculine. A soft-sign noun, and feminine: моя кровать.
- Forgetting есть. В комнате диван works, but В комнате есть диван is the full, natural "there is".
What You Can Do Now
You can give a room-by-room tour of your home, say what's in each room, and find anything that's lost — все ключи, все телефоны.