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Его доход значительно больше, но его квартира на тысячу долларов дороже.
Meaning
His income is significantly higher, but his apartment is a thousand dollars more expensive.
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Breakdown of Его доход значительно больше, но его квартира на тысячу долларов дороже.
квартира
apartment
его
him / it (acc)
но
but
доллар
dollar
Questions & Answers about Его доход значительно больше, но его квартира на тысячу долларов дороже.
Why do we use на before тысячу долларов?
In Russian, to express by how much something differs in a comparison, you use the preposition на followed by the Accusative case. Literally, this means the apartment is more expensive by a thousand dollars.
На requires the Accusative case, so why is долларов in the Genitive plural?
The preposition на only applies its Accusative requirement to the number, changing тысяча to тысячу. Because the word тысяча behaves grammatically like a noun, the items being counted must follow it in the Genitive plural (долларов).
The translation says his income is 'higher', but the Russian uses больше (bigger). Why?
In Russian, financial amounts like income (доход), salary, or pensions are usually described as 'big' (большой) or 'small' (маленький) rather than 'high' or 'low'. Therefore, the comparative form used here is больше.
How do we get the form дороже from the adjective дорогой (expensive)?
It undergoes a common consonant mutation. The final consonant of the stem (г) changes to ж, and we add the simple comparative suffix -е, dropping the normal adjective endings.