Breakdown of Пищевая ценность этих восьмисот продуктов зависит от содержания углеводов, жиров и витаминов.
и
and
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
продукт
product, foodstuff
от
from
восемьсот
eight hundred
зависеть
to depend
углевод
carbohydrate
пищевой
nutritional / dietary
ценность
value
содержание
the content
жир
fat (substance)
витамин
vitamin
Questions & Answers about Пищевая ценность этих восьмисот продуктов зависит от содержания углеводов, жиров и витаминов.
Why is the genitive form of 'eight hundred' восьмисот and not восьмиста?
Why are the words этих восьмисот продуктов in the genitive case?
They are linked to ценность (value) to show possession or relation, meaning 'the value OF these 800 products'. The genitive case does the job of the English word 'of' here.
Why does the word содержания (content) end in -я?
It is in the genitive singular. The verb зависеть (to depend) is always followed by the preposition от plus the genitive case. So, 'depends on the content' becomes зависит от содержания.
Why are углеводов, жиров, and витаминов also in the genitive case, just like содержания?
This is a classic 'chain of genitives'. While содержания is genitive because of the preposition от, the three items that follow are genitive to show what the content consists of ('content OF carbohydrates...'). Since there are multiple of each, they use the genitive plural endings.
Is пищевая just a regular adjective?
Yes! It is the adjective form of the noun пища (food or nourishment). Here it takes the feminine nominative ending -ая to agree with ценность (value), making the standard Russian phrase for 'nutritional value'.
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