Для аренды машины нужны паспорт и права.

the car

Breakdown of Для аренды машины нужны паспорт и права.

• и: and
• для: for
• паспорт: the passport

Questions & Answers about Для аренды машины нужны паспорт и права.

Why is the sentence structured as Для аренды машины нужны паспорт и права instead of something more like Я/вам нужно...?

Russian often expresses need with the pattern needed are X and Y, rather than I need / you need.

So this sentence is literally close to:

For the rental of a car, needed are a passport and a license.

The things that are needed — паспорт и права — are the grammatical subject of the sentence.

A more English-like way to think about it is:

• To rent a car, a passport and license are required.

Russian also can say:

• Вам нужны паспорт и права. = You need a passport and a license.

But in your sentence, the speaker is making a general statement, so there is no explicit you.

Why is it нужны and not нужно or нужен?