Breakdown of Благодаря новой технологии мощность завода превышает старую: она в пять раз больше.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
новый
new
старый
old
завод
factory
пять
five
раз
time, occasion
больше
more (quantity or size) / no longer, anymore
благодаря
thanks to
технология
the technology
в
by (a factor of)
мощность
capacity
превышать
to exceed
Questions & Answers about Благодаря новой технологии мощность завода превышает старую: она в пять раз больше.
Why does the phrase use раз instead of разов or раза after пять?
After numbers 5 and higher, Russian requires the Genitive plural. The word раз is a special case where its Genitive plural form is exactly the same as its Nominative singular: just раз. If the number were 2, 3, or 4, you would use the Genitive singular раза (for example, в три раза больше).
Why do we use the preposition в in в пять раз больше?
To say something is a certain number of times bigger, smaller, or faster, Russian uses the preposition в plus the Accusative case for the number, followed by a comparative adjective or adverb. If you wanted to say it was larger by a specific amount (addition rather than multiplication), you would use the preposition на instead.
Why is новой технологии in the Dative case?
The preposition благодаря (thanks to) always takes the Dative case. It is related to the verb благодарить (to thank). Learners sometimes mix it up with из-за (because of), which takes the Genitive, but благодаря specifically points to a positive cause and needs the Dative.
Why is the adjective старую sitting by itself, and why is it in the Accusative case?
старую (old) stands in for the omitted feminine noun мощность (capacity) so the speaker does not have to repeat it. It is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb превышать (to exceed).
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