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В булочках с изюмом мне не хватает корицы, зато мой брат их обожает.
Meaning
In buns with raisins, I feel there is not enough cinnamon, but my brother loves them.
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Questions & Answers about В булочках с изюмом мне не хватает корицы, зато мой брат их обожает.
Why is it в булочках, and why is it plural?
В булочках is the prepositional plural form of булочка.
- булочка = a bun / sweet roll
- в булочке = in a bun
- в булочках = in buns
It is plural because the sentence is talking about raisin buns in general, not one specific bun. Russian often uses the plural this way when speaking about a type of food.
Why is it с изюмом and not с изюм?
After с meaning with, Russian normally uses the instrumental case.
- изюм = raisins
- с изюмом = with raisins
So булочки с изюмом literally means buns with raisins, which is the natural Russian way to say raisin buns.
Why does Russian say мне не хватает instead of something like я не хватает?