Breakdown of Южане говорят намного больше.
говорить
to speak, to talk
намного
much, by far
больше
more (quantity or size) / no longer, anymore
южанин
southerner
Questions & Answers about Южане говорят намного больше.
Why does the plural word южане end in -е instead of -ы or -и?
The singular form is южанин (a southerner). Nouns for nationalities or groups of people ending in -анин or -янин form their plural by dropping the -ин and adding -е. This gives us южане.
How would I form the genitive plural if I wanted to say 'many southerners'?
Nouns that end in -анин or -янин in the singular have a zero ending in the genitive plural. You drop the -ин from the singular form and add nothing. So 'many southerners' becomes много южан.
Why is the word for 'much' here намного instead of очень?
In Russian, you cannot use очень (very) directly with a comparative word like больше (more). To say 'much more' or 'a lot more', you must use words like намного or гораздо.
I know юг means 'south'. Why does the consonant change in южане?
When adding suffixes to form new words, Russian often changes the final consonant of the root to make it easier to say. Here, the г in юг mutates to ж before the suffix.