Breakdown of Этот государственный центр открыт круглосуточно.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
центр
center
открыт
open (открыт, открыта, открыты)
государственный
state
круглосуточно
around the clock
Questions & Answers about Этот государственный центр открыт круглосуточно.
If I wanted to say "Any state center is open around the clock", how would I apply the words from our current lesson?
You would replace Этот with Любой, making the sentence: Любой государственный центр открыт круглосуточно. We use Любой (any) here because the meaning is "pick whichever center you want, and it will be open." You wouldn't use Весь (all), because that usually refers to the entirety of a single thing or a specific group acting as a whole.
Why do we use открыт here instead of the full adjective открытый?
Открыт is a short-form adjective. In Russian, short forms are heavily preferred when an adjective acts as the predicate of the sentence (when you are stating what the subject currently is). For states of being like "open" or "closed" (закрыт), the short form is the standard, natural choice.
Круглосуточно is a very long word. What are its root parts?
It is a compound adverb built from two smaller words: круглый (round) and сутки (a 24-hour period). Literally meaning "round the 24 hours", it is the standard everyday Russian equivalent for "around the clock" or "24/7".
What noun does the adjective государственный come from?
It comes from the noun государство, which means "state" or "country" (as a political and administrative entity). In this context, a государственный центр is a government-run or state-operated center.
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