Breakdown of Она всегда готовит много риса.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
много
a lot
всегда
always
готовить
to cook
рис
rice
Questions & Answers about Она всегда готовит много риса.
Why does the sentence use риса instead of just рис?
Because of the word много (a lot). When you use quantity words like много, мало (a little), or сколько (how much), the noun that follows must be in the Genitive case. For a masculine noun ending in a consonant like рис, we add -а to the end to make it риса.
Is рис considered uncountable in Russian like it is in English?
Yes! Just like in English, we do not usually count individual grains of rice. Because it is an uncountable mass noun, we use the singular form of the Genitive case (риса) after много. If we were talking about a countable object like apples, we would use a plural form instead.
Why does the verb end in -ит (готовит)?
This is the present tense form of the verb готовить (to cook or to prepare) matching она (she). It belongs to the second group of verbs (often called Type 2 or -ить verbs), which is why it takes the -ит ending instead of the -ет ending found in Type 1 verbs.
Does the word всегда have to go before the verb?
Usually, yes. In Russian, adverbs of time and frequency like всегда (always) or часто (often) typically go right before the verb they describe. This happens to match the natural English word order perfectly: she always cooks (она всегда готовит).
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