Breakdown of Благодаря трёмстам граммам белка это блюдо очень полезное.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
очень
very
блюдо
dish
полезный
healthy, good for you (of food) / useful
грамм
gram
триста
three hundred
благодаря
thanks to
белок
protein
Questions & Answers about Благодаря трёмстам граммам белка это блюдо очень полезное.
Why is "three hundred" in the Dative case (трёмстам)?
It is because of the preposition благодаря (thanks to), which always requires the Dative case.
How do you form the Dative case of a number like триста (three hundred)?
Normally big numbers force the following noun into the Genitive plural. Why is it трёмстам граммам (Dative plural) instead of граммов?
The rule where numbers force a noun into the Genitive only applies when the number is in the Nominative or (inanimate) Accusative case. In all other cases—like the Dative here—the number simply matches the case of the noun. Because the sentence requires the Dative case, both the number and the noun take Dative plural endings.
Doesn't белка mean "squirrel"? Why is there a squirrel in this dish?
It looks exactly like the word for squirrel, but here белка is actually the Genitive singular form of белок (protein). Белок has a "fleeting vowel"—the о drops out when you add case endings. So "of protein" becomes белка. (Funnily enough, the word for squirrel is белка, and its Genitive plural is белок, so their forms are complete mirror images of each other!)
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