Поколение моих родителей отличалось своими традициями.

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Breakdown of Поколение моих родителей отличалось своими традициями.

• традиция: the tradition
• поколение: the generation
• родитель: the parent

Questions & Answers about Поколение моих родителей отличалось своими традициями.

What part of speech is поколение, and what are its gender and number?

поколение is a noun. It’s neuter gender and singular number. In this sentence it means “generation.”

Why is моих родителей in the genitive case?

The genitive case shows possession or belonging. Here поколение belongs to моих родителей, so родителей (parents) is genitive plural, and моих matches it in case, number, and gender. The phrase literally reads “the generation of my parents.”

Why does the verb appear as отличалось (past, singular neuter) even though родителей is plural?

Verbal agreement in Russian is with the grammatical subject, not with a genitive modifier. The subject is поколение (neuter singular), so the past-tense verb is отличалось (3rd person singular, neuter).

What kind of verb is отличалось, and how does отличаться work with cases?