Questions & Answers about Здесь думают о безопасности.
Why is there no word for "they" before думают?
This is an indefinite-personal construction. By dropping the pronoun они (they) and just using the third-person plural verb думают, Russian expresses what "people in general" do. It translates smoothly as "People think..." or "They think..." without pointing to specific individuals.
Why does безопасности end in -и instead of the usual Prepositional case ending -е?
The dictionary form of "safety" is безопасность. Because it is a feminine noun ending in a soft sign (-ь), it belongs to the 3rd declension. These nouns take an -и ending in the Prepositional case, rather than the standard -е.
How can I easily remember the meaning of безопасность?
Look at its parts! It is built from the prefix без- (without) and the noun опасность (danger). The literal meaning of safety in Russian is the state of being "without danger".
Does the preposition о always take the Prepositional case?
When о means "about" (as in thinking, speaking, or reading about a topic), it always takes the Prepositional case. You'll see it followed by the Prepositional case after verbs like думать (to think), говорить (to speak), and знать (to know).
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