Форматирование зависит от целевого языка.

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Breakdown of Форматирование зависит от целевого языка.

• зависеть: to depend
• целевой язык: the target language
• форматирование: the formatting

Questions & Answers about Форматирование зависит от целевого языка.

What does each word in Форматирование зависит от целевого языка mean?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• Форматирование = formatting
• зависит = depends
• от = on / upon in this expression
• целевого = target (in a form that agrees with языка)
• языка = language

So the structure is literally:

Formatting depends on target language.

Russian usually does not use articles like the or a, so English adds them in translation where needed.

Why is it зависит, not зависеть?

Зависеть is the dictionary form, the infinitive: to depend.

In the sentence, we need a finite verb that matches the subject форматирование, so Russian uses:

• зависеть = to depend
• зависит = depends

Форматирование is singular and neuter, and in the present tense Russian uses:

• я завишу = I depend
• ты зависишь = you depend
• он / она / оно зависит = he / she / it depends

Since форматирование is treated like it, the correct form is зависит.

Why is от used here?