Word
Ввиду задержки поезд опаздывает.
Meaning
In view of the delay, the train is running late. (formal wording)
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ввиду задержки поезд опаздывает.
поезд
the train
опаздывать
to be late
задержка
the delay
ввиду
in view of; due to (formal)
Questions & Answers about Ввиду задержки поезд опаздывает.
What does ввиду mean here?
Ввиду means due to, because of, or in view of.
In this sentence, Ввиду задержки поезд опаздывает means that the train is late because there has been a delay.
A useful thing to know is that ввиду sounds fairly formal or written. In everyday speech, Russians often prefer из-за:
- Из-за задержки поезд опаздывает.
Why is задержки in that form?
Because ввиду is a preposition that requires the genitive case.
The dictionary form is:
- задержка = delay
Its genitive singular form is:
- задержки
So:
- ввиду задержки = due to a delay
This is something you often have to memorize with Russian prepositions: not just their meaning, but also which case they govern.
Is ввиду the same as из-за?