Дартс требует меткости.

Darts requires accuracy.

Breakdown of Дартс требует меткости.

• требовать: to require
• дартс: darts
• меткость: the accuracy (in aiming)

Questions & Answers about Дартс требует меткости.

What is the basic grammar of Дартс требует меткости?

It is a simple sentence with:

• Дартс — the subject
• требует — the verb
• меткости — the thing required

Literally, it is Darts requires accuracy / good aim.

A very literal word-for-word gloss is:

• Дартс = darts
• требует = requires
• меткости = of accuracy / of good aim

That last part sounds odd in English, but it is normal in Russian because of the case used after требовать.

Why is меткости ending in -и?

Because it is in the genitive singular.

The dictionary form is меткость. After the verb требовать (to require), Russian usually uses the genitive case, so:

• меткость → nominative
• меткости → genitive

So the sentence uses меткости because требовать typically governs the genitive:

• требовать помощи = to require help
• требовать внимания = to require attention
• требовать меткости = to require accuracy / good aim

What does меткость mean exactly?