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Для борща нужны капуста и свёкла, а сверху я люблю добавлять укроп и петрушку.
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For borscht you need cabbage and beetroot, and on top I like to add dill and parsley.
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Breakdown of Для борща нужны капуста и свёкла, а сверху я люблю добавлять укроп и петрушку.
я
I
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and
для
for
борщ
the borscht
Questions & Answers about Для борща нужны капуста и свёкла, а сверху я люблю добавлять укроп и петрушку.
Why is it для борща and not для борщ?
Because the preposition для always requires the genitive case. The dictionary form is борщ, but after для it becomes борща.
- борщ → nominative
- для борща → genitive
This is a very common pattern:
- для супа
- для салата
- для чая
What exactly is нужны here?
Нужны means are needed / are necessary. It is the short form of the adjective нужный.
In Russian, short-form adjectives are often used as the main predicate of a sentence:
- Капуста нужна. = Cabbage is needed.
- Овощи нужны. = Vegetables are needed.
So Для борща нужны капуста и свёкла literally means something like For borscht, cabbage and beetroot are needed.
Why is there no separate word for are in the first part?