Breakdown of В двухстах граммах этой каши много клетчатки.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
много
a lot
в
in / to (direction)
грамм
gram
двести
two hundred
каша
porridge, cooked grain
клетчатка
fiber
Questions & Answers about В двухстах граммах этой каши много клетчатки.
Why is "two hundred" written as двухстах here?
The phrase is in the Prepositional case because of the preposition в (meaning "in"). When declining hundreds like двести (two hundred), you must decline both halves of the word: два becomes двух and сто takes the plural ending -стах. Together, they form двухстах.
Why is граммах in the Prepositional plural? Doesn't the number 200 force the noun into the Genitive case?
In the Nominative or Accusative cases, numbers like двести do force the following noun into the Genitive. However, in all other cases (like the Prepositional here), the number and the noun agree and take the exact same case. Since the preposition в requires the Prepositional case, both the number (двухстах) and the noun (граммах) are in the Prepositional plural.
Why do we use the Genitive case for этой каши?
The Genitive case is used here to show composition or belonging, translating to "of this porridge." Because каша (porridge) is a feminine noun, the demonstrative pronoun эта (this) becomes этой and каша becomes каши.
Why is клетчатки (fiber) also in the Genitive case?
The word много (a lot / much) is a quantifier, and it always requires the noun that follows it to be in the Genitive case. Since клетчатка is a feminine noun ending in -а, it takes the Genitive singular ending -и to become клетчатки.
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