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Приложение помогает легко управлять лампочкой и другими устройствами.
Meaning
The app helps to easily control the bulb and other devices.
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Breakdown of Приложение помогает легко управлять лампочкой и другими устройствами.
и
and
помогать
to help
другой
other
устройство
the device
Questions & Answers about Приложение помогает легко управлять лампочкой и другими устройствами.
What part of speech is приложение and what does it mean?
Приложение is a neuter noun meaning “application” or “app” (e.g., a mobile or desktop program).
Why does управлять take лампочкой in the instrumental case?
The verb управлять (“to control, to manage”) governs an object in the instrumental case. That means лампочка (nominative) becomes лампочкой in the instrumental.
There’s no preposition before лампочкой—is that correct?
Yes. With управлять you do not use a preposition; you directly put the object in the instrumental case.
How can помогает be followed by an infinitive (управлять)? Isn’t помогать a verb that takes a person in the dative?
Помогать has two common constructions:
- Помогать кому?
- infinitive, meaning “to help someone do something” (e.g., Он помогает мне учиться).
- Помогать
- infinitive, meaning “to help to do something” without specifying a person if the subject itself is doing the helping (e.g., Приложение помогает управлять… = “The app helps (you) control…”).