Breakdown of Разработчики всегда дают много хороших советов.
хороший
good
много
a lot
всегда
always
давать
to give (imperfective)
совет
the advice
разработчик
the developer
Questions & Answers about Разработчики всегда дают много хороших советов.
Why is the verb дают and not "давают"?
The verb давать (to give) is irregular. When conjugating it in the present tense, the -ва- suffix drops out. This leaves us with forms like я даю (I give), он даёт (he gives), and они дают (they give).
In English, "advice" is an uncountable noun. Is совет countable in Russian?
Yes! Unlike in English where you usually say "a piece of advice," the Russian word совет is fully countable. You can have one совет, two совета, or, as in this sentence, a plural amount of советов (literally "advices").
Why are the words for "good advice" in the form хороших советов?
The word много (a lot / many) forces the following noun and its adjectives into the Genitive case. Since developers give multiple tips, we need the Genitive plural endings: -их for the adjective (хороших) and -ов for the masculine noun (советов).
Why does the plural word разработчики end in -и instead of the typical masculine plural -ы?
This is because of the 7-letter spelling rule. The singular noun is разработчик. Russian spelling rules state that you can never write the letter ы after к (or after г, х, ж, ч, ш, щ). Therefore, we must use -и to make it plural.
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