Breakdown of Мама заволновалась из-за плохих новостей.
мама
mom
плохой
bad
новость
news
из-за
because of; from behind
заволноваться
to get worried
Questions & Answers about Мама заволновалась из-за плохих новостей.
Why is the prefix за- used in заволновалась?
The base verb волноваться is imperfective and means 'to worry' or 'to be nervous.' Adding the prefix за- creates a perfective verb indicating that the action suddenly started. Instead of just 'was worrying,' заволновалась means she 'got worried' or 'started worrying' right at that moment.
Why use из-за here instead of потому что?
потому что translates to 'because' and connects two full clauses, so it needs a subject and a verb after it. из-за translates to 'because of' and is a preposition followed directly by a noun or noun phrase, which fits perfectly here for 'because of the bad news.'
Why does новости (news) become новостей here?
The preposition из-за always takes the Genitive case. Because новости is plural, we need the Genitive plural form. For feminine nouns ending in a soft sign like новость, the Genitive plural ending is -ей, giving us новостей. The adjective changes to match, becoming плохих.
Why does заволновалась end in -сь?
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