Breakdown of Со сколькими таблицами вы работали, чтобы собрать эту статистику?
вы
you (plural)
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
работать
to work
сколько
how much / how long / as much / as many as
с
with (also со)
собрать
to pack (perfective) / to gather, to collect
чтобы
in order to
таблица
table (data)
статистика
statistics
Questions & Answers about Со сколькими таблицами вы работали, чтобы собрать эту статистику?
Why is it сколькими таблицами instead of сколько таблиц?
Normally, сколько is followed by the Genitive plural (like сколько таблиц). However, when a preposition or verb requires a different case, both the quantifier and the noun take that specific case. Here, the preposition со (with) requires the Instrumental case, so both words must be in the Instrumental: сколькими and таблицами.
Why is the preposition со used here instead of just с?
The preposition с changes to со to make pronunciation easier when the following word starts with с or з followed by another consonant. Since сколькими starts with the consonant cluster ск-, we use со.
Why do we use чтобы before собрать?
The word чтобы followed by an infinitive verb (like собрать) is used to express purpose. It translates to "in order to" or simply "to" do something. Here, it means "in order to gather".
The English translation says "these statistics" (plural). Why does the Russian use the singular эту статистику?
In Russian, статистика is a singular, uncountable noun (similar to how "information" works in English). Because it is the direct object of the verb собрать, it takes the singular Accusative form эту статистику, which literally translates to "this statistic".
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