Breakdown of Директор признаёт, что проект не приносит никакого вреда.
не
not
директор
director
что
that (conjunction)
проект
the project
приносить
to bring
никакой
not any / no kind of
признавать
to admit / to acknowledge
вред
harm / damage
Questions & Answers about Директор признаёт, что проект не приносит никакого вреда.
Why is никакого вреда in the genitive case instead of the accusative?
This happens because of the negative verb (не приносит). When the direct object of a negated verb is an abstract noun like вред (harm), and especially when it's preceded by a negative pronoun like никакой (not any), it takes the genitive case. So the nominative/accusative никакой вред changes to the genitive никакого вреда.
We already have никакого meaning 'no' or 'not any'. Why is не before the verb?
Russian requires double negation! Whenever you use a negative pronoun like никакой (no/not any) or ничей (nobody's), you must also make the verb negative by putting не in front of it. You can't just say 'it brings no harm' without the не.
I have learned that приносить means 'to bring'. Is it normal to say a project 'brings harm' in Russian?
Yes, this is a standard set phrase. While in English we usually say something 'does harm' or 'causes harm,' Russian uses приносить вред (to bring harm). You will also see this verb used for doing good: приносить пользу (to bring benefit).
What is the infinitive of признаёт, and what is its perfective pair?
The infinitive is признавать (to admit, to acknowledge). It is an imperfective verb, used here in the present tense. Its perfective counterpart is признать (which would conjugate as признает — notice the lack of the ё).
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