Хотя свёкла варится дольше, борщ с укропом и петрушкой пахнет очень приятно.

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Breakdown of Хотя свёкла варится дольше, борщ с укропом и петрушкой пахнет очень приятно.

• и: and
• очень: very
• борщ: the borscht

Questions & Answers about Хотя свёкла варится дольше, борщ с укропом и петрушкой пахнет очень приятно.

What does хотя mean here, and how is it used?

Хотя means although / even though.

It introduces a subordinate clause: Хотя свёкла варится дольше = Although beetroot takes longer to cook

So the sentence has this structure:

Хотя ... , ... = Although ... , ...

The comma is required because хотя introduces a dependent clause.

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Why is it свёкла варится, not just свёкла варит?

Варится is the correct form here because the meaning is is cooking / cooks / is being boiled.

The verb is вариться, which is related to варить (to boil / to cook), but with -ся it often means something like:

• to cook
• to boil
• to be cooking

So:

• Я варю свёклу = I am boiling beetroot
• Свёкла варится = The beetroot is boiling / cooking

In English, this often sounds like either an active process (is cooking) or a passive idea (is being boiled), depending on context.

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