Breakdown of Он готов отказаться и от помощи, и от поддержки.
и
and
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
готовый
ready
от
from
помощь
the help
поддержка
the support
отказаться
to refuse (pf)
Questions & Answers about Он готов отказаться и от помощи, и от поддержки.
Why is the preposition от repeated before both помощи and поддержки?
In English, we might just say 'from both help and support,' but in Russian, when you use a double conjunction like и ... и (both ... and), you must repeat the preposition before each connected word. You cannot skip the second от.
Why is there a comma before the second и?
Russian punctuation rules require a comma before the second part of a double conjunction. Whenever you list things using и ... и, или ... или, or ни ... ни, a comma must separate the listed items.
Why are the words for help and support spelled помощи and поддержки here?
They are in the genitive case because they follow the preposition от. The verb отказаться (to refuse, to give up) requires от + genitive to express what is being refused. The dictionary forms are помощь and поддержка.
Why does the sentence use готов instead of the full adjective готовый?
готов is a short-form adjective. When saying someone 'is ready' to do an action, Russian uses the short form as a predicate. If the subject were female, it would be Она готова.
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