Questions & Answers about В фильме много героев.
Why does герой become героев here?
The word много (a lot / many) always requires the noun that follows it to be in the genitive case. Since we are talking about many characters, we use the genitive plural. For masculine nouns ending in -й like герой, you drop the -й and add -ев to make it plural genitive: героев.
Doesn't герой usually mean "hero"?
Yes, герой literally means "hero", but in Russian it is also the standard word used for a "character" in a film, book, or play.
Where is the Russian word for "There are" in this sentence?
Russian usually doesn't use a direct equivalent for "there is" or "there are" in sentences like this. You simply state the location, which is в фильме, and what is there, which is много героев.
Why is it в фильме and not в фильм?
When stating where something is located (in the film), you use the prepositional case. For most masculine nouns like фильм, this means adding an -е to the end, making it фильме. You would only use в фильм (the accusative case) if you were talking about motion into the film.
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