Одно из условий соглашения — наличие подписей обеих сторон.

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Breakdown of Одно из условий соглашения — наличие подписей обеих сторон.

• один: one
• подпись: the signature
• соглашение: the agreement

Questions & Answers about Одно из условий соглашения — наличие подписей обеих сторон.

Why is there a dash in Одно из условий соглашения — наличие подписей обеих сторон?

In Russian, the dash often replaces the verb есть (“to be”) in nominal sentences (sentences without a verb). Here it links the subject одно из условий соглашения (“one of the conditions of the agreement”) with the predicate noun наличие подписей обеих сторон (“the presence of signatures of both parties”). It’s equivalent to saying “One of the conditions of the agreement is the presence of signatures of both parties.”

How does одно из условий work grammatically?

• Одно is an indeclinable numeral pronoun meaning “one.”
• The preposition из (“of”) requires the genitive case, so условий is the genitive plural of условие (“condition”).
  Together одно из условий literally means “one of the conditions.”

What part of speech is наличие, and why is it used here?

Наличие is a deverbal noun (a noun derived from a verb) meaning “presence” or “existence.” It comes from the verb phrase иметь в наличии (“to have in stock” or more generally “to have available”). In this sentence it serves as the predicate noun after the dash.

Why are подписей and сторон both in the genitive case?

• The noun , so is the genitive plural of (“signature”).