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Из-за слабости и кашля терапевт сказала, что это может быть бронхит, а не обычная простуда.
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Because of the weakness and cough, the therapist said it could be bronchitis and not an ordinary cold.
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Breakdown of Из-за слабости и кашля терапевт сказала, что это может быть бронхит, а не обычная простуда.
быть
to be
и
and
сказать
to say
что
that
Questions & Answers about Из-за слабости и кашля терапевт сказала, что это может быть бронхит, а не обычная простуда.
What does из-за mean here, and why is it followed by these noun forms?
Из-за means because of or due to.
It requires the genitive case, so the nouns after it change form:
- слабость → слабости
- кашель → кашля
So из-за слабости и кашля means because of weakness and cough.
A useful thing to remember: из-за often introduces a cause, and it frequently has a slightly negative flavor, which fits well here because these are symptoms.
Why is it слабости, but кашля? Why don’t they change the same way?
They are different nouns, belonging to different declension patterns, so their genitive singular endings are different.
слабость is a feminine noun ending in -ость
- nominative: слабость
- genitive: слабости
кашель is a masculine noun
- nominative: кашель
- genitive: кашля
So both are in the same case, but they take different endings because they are different types of nouns.
Why is it терапевт сказала and not something like терапевт сказал?