Breakdown of Несмотря на плохую погоду, мы гуляли в парке.
парк
park
мы
we
плохой
bad
погода
the weather
гулять
to walk
несмотря на
despite (+ noun)
Questions & Answers about Несмотря на плохую погоду, мы гуляли в парке.
The lesson is about несмотря на то, что, but here we just have несмотря на. Why is то, что missing?
You use несмотря на то, что ('despite the fact that') when you are introducing a full clause that has its own subject and verb. Because this sentence just introduces a noun phrase (плохую погоду), we drop the то, что and use the preposition несмотря на ('despite') followed directly by the noun.
What case is used after несмотря на?
It always takes the Accusative case. You can see this here because the phrase плохая погода (bad weather) has changed to its Accusative feminine form, плохую погоду.
Is несмотря related to the verb смотреть (to look)?
Yes! It literally translates to 'not looking at'. When written as a single word (несмотря), it acts as the preposition 'despite'. If you see it written as two separate words (не смотря), it means the literal physical action of not looking, such as walking 'without looking' at the road.
Why is there a comma after погоду?
In Russian, phrases that start with несмотря на are almost always separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. This strict rule applies whether the phrase is at the beginning, middle, or end of the sentence.
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