Breakdown of Этот фасон не актуальный. Напротив, он кажется совершенно устаревшим.
не
not
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
совершенно
absolutely
казаться
to seem
напротив
opposite, across from
фасон
the cut
актуальный
current
устаревший
outdated
Questions & Answers about Этот фасон не актуальный. Напротив, он кажется совершенно устаревшим.
Could I use наоборот instead of напротив in this sentence?
Yes, when used as discourse markers meaning "on the contrary," they are completely interchangeable. Напротив sounds slightly more formal or literary. Keep in mind that as a preposition, напротив also means physically "opposite" (like a building across the street), whereas наоборот often means "backwards" or "the other way around."
I thought актуальный meant "actual". Why is it translated as "current"?
Актуальный is a classic false friend for English speakers. In Russian, it means "relevant," "current," "timely," or "fashionable." If you want to express "actual" (meaning real or factual), you should use words like настоящий, фактический, or действительный.
Why does устаревшим end in -им?
It is in the instrumental case because it follows the verb кажется (seems). The verb казаться generally requires the descriptive noun or adjective that comes after it to be in the instrumental case.
What kind of word is устаревшим structurally?
It is the instrumental form of устаревший, which is an active past participle acting as an adjective here. It is formed from the perfective verb устареть (to become outdated or obsolete). You can spot the past participle suffix -вш-, which literally gives it the meaning "having become outdated."
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