Breakdown of Для этого текста нужно пользоваться хорошим словарём.
словарь
dictionary
текст
text
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
хороший
good
нужно
it is necessary
для
for
пользоваться
to use
Questions & Answers about Для этого текста нужно пользоваться хорошим словарём.
Why are хорошим словарём in the Instrumental case here?
The verb пользоваться (to use) requires the object you are using to be in the Instrumental case. Even though we translate it as a direct object in English, in Russian you are literally saying "to make use with" a dictionary.
Why does the adjective хорошим end in -им instead of -ым?
The noun it describes, словарём (dictionary), is masculine, so we need the masculine Instrumental ending. Usually, this is -ым (like in новым). However, the 7-letter spelling rule says we can never write the letter ы after ж, ч, ш, щ, г, к, or х. Since the stem of хороший ends in ш, we must use -им instead.
How do we get the form словарём from the basic word словарь?
Словарь is a masculine noun ending in a soft sign (-ь). To form the Instrumental case for masculine nouns ending in a soft sign, we replace the -ь with -ём (or -ем if the stress isn't on the ending). Because the stress falls on the ending here, it becomes словарём.
Why is it этого текста and not этот текст?
The preposition для (for) always requires the noun and its modifiers to be in the Genitive case. The masculine noun текст takes the Genitive ending -а, and the demonstrative pronoun этот (this) takes the Genitive masculine ending -ого. Remember that the -ого ending is always pronounced like "-ovo".
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