Общее имущество требует ремонта.

The common property requires renovation.

Breakdown of Общее имущество требует ремонта.

• ремонт: the repair
• требовать: to require
• общее имущество: the common property

Questions & Answers about Общее имущество требует ремонта.

Why is имущество singular? Doesn’t it refer to more than one thing?

Yes, it often refers to a group of things, but имущество is a singular collective noun in Russian.

So grammatically, Russian treats it as one singular noun:

• имущество требует
• not имущество требуют

This is similar to how English can use a singular word for a collection, like property or equipment.

In this sentence, общее имущество means something like the shared/common property as a whole.

Why is it общее and not some other form like общий or общая?

Because общее has to agree with имущество.

The noun имущество is:

• neuter
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective must also be:

• neuter
• singular
• nominative

That gives:

• masculine: общий
• feminine: общая
• neuter: общее

So:

• общее имущество = correct

Why is the verb требует singular?