Word
Нужно официально ограничить скорость транспорта в связи с тем, что тут густой туман.
Meaning
It is necessary to officially restrict the speed of transport due to the fact that there is thick fog here.
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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
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?