Breakdown of Вы отрицаете, что от этого лекарства есть вред?
вы
you (plural)
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
есть
is, there is, to have
что
that (conjunction)
от
from
лекарство
medicine
отрицать
to deny
вред
harm / damage
Questions & Answers about Вы отрицаете, что от этого лекарства есть вред?
This lesson is about negative pronouns like 'никакой', but there aren't any here. How would I answer this by saying "there is no harm of any kind"?
You would use the negative pronoun никакой (no kind of / not any) and say: Нет никакого вреда. Remember that in negative sentences stating the absence of something ("there is no..."), the noun and its modifiers must take the Genitive case. So, вред (Nominative) becomes никакого вреда.
Why do we use the preposition от for "from" here instead of из?
От is used when talking about the source or cause of an effect (like getting a benefit or suffering harm from something), or moving away from the outside of an object. Из is used when taking something out of the physical inside of a container or place. Since the medicine is the cause of the harm, we use от.
Which case is этого лекарства in, and why?
It is in the Genitive case because the preposition от always requires the Genitive case. The dictionary form is это лекарство (neuter), which changes to этого лекарства in the Genitive.
Why is the word есть used here? Doesn't Russian usually leave out the verb "to be" in the present tense?
Russian leaves out the verb "to be" when simply linking a subject to a description (for example, "The medicine is bad" is just Лекарство плохое). However, when you want to state that something exists or is physically present (like "There is harm"), you must use есть.
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