Breakdown of Я не люблю шумный центр, в котором много машин.
не
not
я
I
машина
car
много
a lot
любить
to love, to like
в
in / to (direction)
центр
center
который
which / who / that (relative pronoun)
шумный
noisy
Questions & Answers about Я не люблю шумный центр, в котором много машин.
Why do we use в котором here instead of another form of который?
The word котором means "which" and refers back to центр (center), a masculine singular noun. Because the sentence means "in which" (referring to "in the center"), we need the preposition в followed by the Prepositional case form of a masculine noun, which is котором.
Is шумный центр in the Nominative case here?
It looks like it, but it is actually in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of не люблю (I don't like). For inanimate masculine nouns like центр (and adjectives describing them, like шумный), the Accusative case form is exactly the same as the Nominative case.
Why is the word for cars spelled машин?
The word много (many / a lot of) requires the noun following it to be in the Genitive case. Since we are talking about multiple cars, we use the Genitive plural of машина, which is машин (it drops the final -а).
Do I always need a comma before в котором?
Yes! In Russian, you must always use a comma to separate the main clause of a sentence from a relative clause (the part of the sentence that starts with a form of который and describes a noun).
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