"Когда она была в России?"

Translation: When was she in Russia?

[Ishana92]

isn't it a bit too suddent to throw in past tense in lesson about numbers and numbered concepts?

[Victstee]

I have seen была, было and был in this lesson, what is the difference?

[mightypotatoe]

Gender. They are feminine, neuter, and masculine, respectively.

[Victstee]

Is this a special type of verb, or is this tense related?

[Superuncia]

Tense related. Past tense is only declined for gender and number in Russian, not for person. This rule works for every other verb.

[Maxim_SMWD]

That sounds suspiciously easy for Russian -_-

[michfuchs]

"Every other verb" means "every second one (alternating) of the verbs" in English. "Jedes zweite Verb" in German. You mean "all other verbs".

[smirnoff103]

Is there a difference in prononciation between она and Анна? Because I thought I was hearing Anna instead of она :(

[joseperus]

It's hard for me too. I believe there's a difference in the stress position. In она the stress should be in the second syllable, while in Анна the stress is in the first one: она́ vs А́нна.

[Mattia_DB]

May "When has she been in Russia?" be accepted as a valid translation?

[Theron126]

Simple past tense fits better with "when".

[RWang2017]

Is Когда была она в России correct too? Or the verb has to be after the pronoun in a question?

[JoyHiraeth]

я точно знаю! Does it really matter? it's confusing.

[George699064]

Mike, in English, "Every other verb" CAN mean every second verb (all odd numbered ones or all even numbered ones) if there is a list or ordered grouping expressed or implied. And even then it is not necessarily the case. However, in this example, there is only one verb referred to. Therefore, to say 'every other verb' means the same as 'all other verbs'.

[SharonGBro]

George699064 is correct. My native language is English, and in this context "all other verbs" and "every other verb" are equivalent.

[Joseph_Pate]

Is there some logic as to why the prepositional form of "Россия" is "России" and not something else? (Like "Россие" perhaps, or whatever)

[takes_Courage]

Can you remove the question mark and change the meaning to 'when she was in Russia.'?

[ConnorJP05]

I can't help but to read this sentence to the tune of Когда мы были на войне. Which also strikes the question of does были also mean "were"? Or is that just lost in translation?

[Kundoo]

"Были" means "were". "Была" means "was" (for feminine nouns).