Breakdown of Ежевика быстро пачкает пальцы, поэтому дочка ест её очень аккуратно.
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In Russian, ежевика is commonly treated as a singular mass noun, like blackberry as a general substance or kind of fruit.
So:
- Ежевика быстро пачкает пальцы = Blackberries stain your fingers quickly / Blackberry juice stains fingers quickly
Even though English often prefers the plural, Russian often uses the singular here to talk about the fruit in general.
That is also why later the sentence uses её (it) rather than их (them).
Because the subject is ежевика, which is grammatically singular.
- ежевика = singular feminine noun
- therefore the verb is also singular: пачкает = stains / makes dirty
If the subject were plural, for example ягоды (berries), then you would use a plural verb:
- Ягоды быстро пачкают пальцы.
Пальцы here is in the accusative plural, because it is the direct object of пачкает.
The dictionary form is nominative plural: