"Ты знаешь, где находится Америка?"
Translation:Do you know where America is?
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"Do you know where America is located?" Surely this ought to be correct as well.
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But it is ok just to say Ты знаешь, где Америка? right? I know we're practising находится, I'm just checking
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I also wrote "lies" as in "to lay". I wonder if this can be counted as correct English...? I guess I want to say it like this because in German we also say "liegen" for this kind of sentences. "Где находится Москва?" / "Wo liegt Moskau?"
Not that odd, considering that the English verb "lie" isn't used in this sense anywhere near as often as the Russian "находиться".
In a handbasket, mate. In a handbasket. And the bottom's getting hot.
What about "Do you know where is America situated?" as the suggested translation for находится is (situated).
It's fine if you change the word order. It has to be "Do you know where America is situated?".
And rightly so – the word order is incorrect. It should be "Do you know where America is located?"
"Do you know, where America is located"? Please explain why this isn't correct.
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Is there ever a situation in which "находится" is absolutely needed? In this example, it is not.