Breakdown of В этом произведении автор пишет о войне.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
писать
to write
автор
author
война
war
произведение
work (of art, literature)
Questions & Answers about В этом произведении автор пишет о войне.
Why does произведении end in -ии rather than the usual -е for the prepositional case?
This noun comes from the neuter word произведение (work of art or literature). In the prepositional case, nouns that end in -ие, -ия, or -ий take the special ending -ии instead of the standard -е. This is why it becomes в произведении.
Why does войне end in -е if произведении ends in -ии? Both use the prepositional case here.
The noun война (war) is a standard feminine noun ending in -а. Standard feminine, masculine, and neuter nouns take the regular -е ending in the prepositional case. The -ии ending is a special exception exclusively for nouns ending in -ия, -ие, and -ий.
Is этом in the prepositional case to match произведении?
Exactly. Этом is the prepositional form of этот (this) for both masculine and neuter nouns. Since произведение is a neuter noun in the prepositional case (triggered by the preposition в), its modifier must agree with it.
The infinitive is писать (to write). Where does the ш in пишет come from?
The verb писать has a consonant mutation in the present tense. The с in the stem changes into ш for all present-tense forms. This is a common pattern in Russian, which is why we get я пишу (I write) and он пишет (he writes).
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