Breakdown of Ни этот отель, ни тот ресторан не соответствуют нашему стандарту.
не
not
наш
our (наш, наша, наше)
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
ресторан
restaurant
тот
that
отель
hotel
ни
neither / nor
соответствовать
to match, to correspond to
стандарт
standard
Questions & Answers about Ни этот отель, ни тот ресторан не соответствуют нашему стандарту.
Why is нашему стандарту in the Dative case?
It is governed by the verb соответствовать (to match, to correspond to). This is a classic example of the Dative of Matching, where a noun aligns with or yields to a specific rule, expectation, or standard.
Why is the verb соответствуют in the plural? In English, neither usually takes a singular verb.
In Russian, when you have a compound subject connected by ни ..., ни ... (neither ... nor ...), the verb is generally put in the plural. Because both the hotel and the restaurant are failing the standard together, Russian treats them as a plural group.
Why is there a не before the verb if the sentence already uses ни ..., ни ...?
Russian strictly enforces double negation. Whenever you use negative conjunctions like ни ..., ни ..., you must also negate the main verb with не.
Does the verb соответствуют have a perfective counterpart here?
No, соответствовать is an imperfective-only verb. Because corresponding to or matching a standard describes a continuous state or characteristic rather than a singular event that starts and completes, it does not have a perfective pair.
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