Breakdown of Иногда приоритеты кажутся несправедливыми, но это закономерность.
это
this / it is
но
but
иногда
sometimes
казаться
to seem
несправедливый
unfair
приоритет
priority
закономерность
pattern
Questions & Answers about Иногда приоритеты кажутся несправедливыми, но это закономерность.
Why is несправедливыми in the instrumental case here?
The verb казаться (to seem) requires the adjective or noun describing the subject to be in the instrumental case. Because приоритеты (priorities) is plural, the adjective takes the plural instrumental form несправедливыми.
Since the current lesson is about таков, how could we use it instead of это here?
You could say но такова закономерность (but such is the pattern). Because закономерность is a feminine noun, you must use the feminine form такова. Using такова here elevates the tone, making it sound more like a philosophical observation ('such is the nature of things') compared to the neutral это.
What is the literal idea behind the word закономерность?
It comes from закон (law) and мера (measure). It describes a phenomenon that follows a regular, logical rule or pattern. In this context, it implies that the unfair-seeming priorities are not just random; they happen predictably due to an underlying reason.
Why do we use the neuter это if закономерность is a feminine noun?
Here, это acts as a standalone pronoun meaning 'this situation' or 'this thing.' When identifying a situation with a noun ('this is a pattern'), Russian uses the fixed neuter это, regardless of the noun's gender. You would only use the feminine эта if it were an adjective directly modifying the noun, as in эта закономерность (this specific pattern).
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