No. 214 in Russian
дом
House; home.
In a sentence
Я живу в доме.
I live in the house.
In this sentence, 'дом' is used to denote a physical building used as a residence.
Вечером я буду дома.
I will be at home in the evening.
Here, 'дом' is transformed into 'дома' to specify a non-location-specific state of being 'at home'.
Этот дом был построен в прошлом году.
This house was built last year.
In this example, 'дом' refers to a particular structure that serves as a residential building.
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