Questions & Answers about Около города много полей.
Why does the word for fields end in -ей here?
This is the genitive plural form of the neuter noun поле (field). Nouns ending in -е generally take the ending -ей in the genitive plural. We need the genitive plural here because it follows the word много (many).
Why is the word for city spelled города instead of город?
The preposition около (near) always requires the noun following it to be in the genitive case. Because we are talking about just one city, we use the genitive singular form города.
Why does много require the genitive case?
Words that express quantity, like много (many/a lot) and мало (few/a little), trigger the genitive case. You can think of it like the English word "of" in the phrase "a lot OF fields." Since fields are plural here, we use the genitive plural.
How does the sentence say "there are" if there is no verb?
In the present tense, Russian usually drops the verb "to be". To say "there are many fields near the city", you simply state the location (около города) and what is there (много полей) without a linking verb.
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