Breakdown of Процесс строительства длился с две тысячи первого до две тысячи шестого года.
два
two
год
year
первый
first (1st)
тысяча
thousand
шестой
sixth
до
before, until
процесс
process
длиться
to last
с
from (a starting point in time)
строительство
construction
Questions & Answers about Процесс строительства длился с две тысячи первого до две тысячи шестого года.
What case are the years in after с and до?
They are in the Genitive case. The preposition с (meaning from or since) and the preposition до (meaning to or until) both require the Genitive case. That is why we see the endings -ого on первого and шестого.
Why don't the words две тысячи change to the Genitive case as well?
When stating a year in Russian, we use ordinal numbers (like first, second). For compound ordinal numbers, only the very last word changes its case. So, две тысячи stays in its base form, while only the final words, первого and шестого, change to the Genitive.
Why is the word года only placed at the very end of the sentence?
You don't need to repeat the word for year! Just like in English where we say from 2001 to 2006, in Russian you can just put года (Genitive singular of год) at the end of the time span. It translates to from the 2001st to the 2006th year.
Why is the word строительства in the Genitive case here?
It acts like the English word of. Процесс строительства means The process of construction. When one noun modifies another noun in this way, the second noun takes the Genitive case.
Why is the imperfective verb длился used in this sentence?
The verb длиться means to last or to continue. Because it describes the ongoing duration or process of an action rather than a single completed event, it naturally takes the imperfective aspect.
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