Breakdown of Врач продолжает говорить о клетчатке и восьмистах калориях.
и
and
врач
doctor
говорить
to speak, to talk
о
about (о, об, обо)
продолжать
to continue
восемьсот
eight hundred
калория
calorie
клетчатка
fiber
Questions & Answers about Врач продолжает говорить о клетчатке и восьмистах калориях.
How do you form the word восьмистах from восемьсот (eight hundred)?
Because of the preposition о (about), the number must be in the Prepositional case. When declining hundreds like восемьсот, both halves of the word change. The first part, восемь, declines like a normal number to восьми. The second part, -сот, changes to -стах in the Prepositional case. Put them together and you get восьмистах.
Wait, shouldn't numbers above five be followed by the Genitive plural? Why is it калориях?
That rule only applies when the number is in the Nominative or Inanimate Accusative case! When a number declines into any other case (like the Prepositional case here), the noun simply matches its case. Because восьмистах is in the Prepositional case, the noun калориях must also be in the Prepositional plural, not the Genitive.
Why is the imperfective verb говорить used here instead of a perfective verb like сказать?
The verb продолжать (to continue) focuses on an ongoing process. In Russian, phase verbs—verbs meaning to begin, continue, or finish—must always be followed by an imperfective infinitive.
What case is клетчатке in?
It is in the Prepositional case. The dictionary form is клетчатка (fiber). The preposition о (about) requires the Prepositional case, so the feminine ending -а changes to -е.
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