Breakdown of Боль очень сильная. Стоматолог удалит зуб через час.
очень
very
час
hour
сильный
strong
стоматолог
dentist
через
in (after a period of time)
боль
pain
удалить
to extract
зуб
tooth
Questions & Answers about Боль очень сильная. Стоматолог удалит зуб через час.
Why do we use через час for "in an hour"? Doesn't the preposition в mean "in"?
When talking about a countdown into the future (like "in an hour" or "in a week"), Russian uses через followed by the accusative case. Because час (hour) is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative form looks exactly like its dictionary form. The preposition в is generally used for specific points in time (like "at 5 o'clock"), not for a wait time from now.
Why is удалит translated as "will extract" without using the future helper word будет?
Удалит is the "he/she/it" form of the perfective verb удалить (to extract/remove). When you conjugate a perfective verb, it automatically becomes the future tense because perfective verbs focus on the final completed result of an action. You only use будет (will) with imperfective verbs to show an ongoing or repeated future action.
The English translation says the pain is very "bad", but doesn't сильная mean "strong"?
Exactly! In Russian, you do not describe pain as "bad" (плохая). Instead, you talk about its physical intensity. Severe or bad pain is always called сильная боль (literally "strong pain").
How do we know боль is feminine and needs the feminine adjective сильная?
Why didn't the word зуб change its ending if it is the object of the action?
Зуб (tooth) is actually in the accusative case here because it is the direct object—the thing the dentist is extracting. However, because it is a masculine inanimate noun (not a person or animal), its accusative form is identical to its basic dictionary form.
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