Breakdown of Журналист будет бороться за справедливость.
журналист
journalist
быть
to be
за
for (in exchange for)
бороться
to fight
справедливость
justice
Questions & Answers about Журналист будет бороться за справедливость.
Why do we use the preposition за here, and what case is справедливость in?
In Russian, the verb бороться (to fight or struggle) pairs with за + the Accusative case to express fighting for a cause or goal. It relates to the lesson's theme of exchange: you give your effort to achieve justice. Справедливость is in the Accusative case here.
If справедливость is in the Accusative case, why didn't its ending change?
Справедливость (justice) is a feminine noun ending in a soft sign (-ь). For this specific group of nouns, known as the 3rd declension, the Accusative case form is exactly the same as the Nominative case form.
Why is the future tense formed with two words (будет бороться) instead of just one?
Because the sentence focuses on the ongoing process of fighting, we need the imperfective aspect. The future tense for all imperfective verbs is a compound tense: you use the future conjugated form of the verb "to be" (here, будет) followed by the infinitive of your main verb (бороться).
Бороться ends in -ся. Does that mean it's a reflexive verb where the journalist fights himself?
No! While the -ся ending often shows an action done to oneself, it is also used for reciprocal actions (fighting against others) or is just built into certain words. Бороться requires this ending to mean "to struggle" or "to fight"; the verb doesn't exist without it.
How can I easily remember the long word справедливость?
Try breaking it down! The core root is прав-, which you already know from words like правда (truth) and правильно (correctly). The -ость ending is a very common suffix used to create abstract nouns, exactly like "-ness" or "-ice" in English.
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