Breakdown of Нужно официально ограничить скорость транспорта в связи с тем, что тут густой туман.
нужно
it is necessary
транспорт
transport
тут
here (colloquial)
туман
fog
скорость
speed
густой
dense
официально
officially
в связи с тем, что
due to the fact that
ограничить
to restrict
Questions & Answers about Нужно официально ограничить скорость транспорта в связи с тем, что тут густой туман.
Why use в связи с тем, что instead of simply потому что?
В связи с тем, что translates to "due to the fact that" or "in connection with the fact that." It is used to introduce a formal, objective reason. Since this sentence is about an official regulation (officially restricting transport speed), потому что (because) would sound too casual and conversational.
Why is there a тем before что in the conjunction?
The phrase starts with в связи с (in connection with). The preposition с requires the instrumental case. Because you cannot decline the conjunction что (that), Russian inserts the pronoun то (that) in the instrumental case (тем) to act as a grammatical bridge. Literally, it means "in connection with that, that..."
Why is the perfective verb ограничить used after нужно rather than the imperfective ограничивать?
With нужно, you use a perfective verb when the goal is to complete a single, specific action and get a result. Here, the authorities need to enact a specific new speed limit once. If the sentence was about a general rule or a repeated action, you would use the imperfective ограничивать.
Is скорость in the nominative or accusative case in this sentence?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb ограничить (to restrict). For feminine nouns ending in a soft sign, like скорость, the nominative and accusative forms look exactly the same.
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