Breakdown of Здесь дорого. Кроме того, очень шумно.
здесь
here
очень
very
дорогой
expensive
кроме того
besides, moreover
Questions & Answers about Здесь дорого. Кроме того, очень шумно.
Why are дорого and шумно used here instead of the adjectives дорогой and шумный?
These are impersonal constructions describing the general state or atmosphere of a place. When you want to say "it is [adjective]" about an environment or condition in Russian, you use the short adverb-like form ending in -о rather than a standard adjective.
Where is the translation for "it is" in the Russian sentence?
Russian doesn't use a dummy subject like "it" for weather or environmental conditions, and the present tense of the verb "to be" (быть) is omitted. If you wanted to talk about the past ("It was expensive here"), you would add the neuter past-tense verb: Здесь было дорого.
How exactly does the phrase кроме того mean "besides"?
It translates literally as "apart from that." The preposition кроме means "except" or "besides," and it requires the following word to be in the Genitive case. So, the pronoun то ("that") changes to its Genitive form, того. Together, they are used as a linking phrase meaning "besides," "furthermore," or "in addition.".
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