Breakdown of Проверка зрения включает проверку поля зрения.
включать
to include
проверка
the check
проверка зрения
the eye test
поле зрения
the field of vision
Questions & Answers about Проверка зрения включает проверку поля зрения.
Why does Russian say Проверка зрения instead of using a word like of?
Russian often expresses of-relationships by putting the second noun into the genitive case instead of adding a separate word.
So:
- проверка = check / test
- зрения = of vision / of eyesight
That means Проверка зрения literally works like check of vision, which in natural English becomes vision test or eye test.
The same thing happens again in:
- проверку поля зрения = check of the field of vision
This noun + genitive pattern is extremely common in Russian.
Why is зрения in the genitive case?
Because it depends on another noun.
The base form is:
- зрение = vision, eyesight
After a noun like проверка or поле, Russian commonly uses the genitive to show what something relates to:
- проверка зрения = vision test
- поле зрения = field of vision
So зрения is the genitive singular of зрение.
A useful way to think about it is:
- что? зрение = vision
- чего? зрения = of vision
Why do we have проверка first, but проверку later?