Word
В продолжение всего бунта капитан сохранял спокойствие.
Meaning
Throughout the entire mutiny, the captain maintained his calm.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of В продолжение всего бунта капитан сохранял спокойствие.
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone
сохранять
to preserve
капитан
captain
спокойствие
peace (calmness, tranquility)
Questions & Answers about В продолжение всего бунта капитан сохранял спокойствие.
Why does в продолжение end in -е instead of -и like a regular prepositional case noun?
When used as a compound preposition of time meaning 'throughout' or 'during', в продолжение is a fixed form that always ends in -е. If it were a regular noun meaning 'in the sequel' or 'in the continuation' (like a book's sequel), it would take the standard prepositional ending -и (в продолжении).
Why is весь бунт in the genitive case (всего бунта)?
The compound preposition в продолжение always requires the genitive case for the time period or event it describes. Therefore, the nominative весь бунт changes to the genitive всего бунта.
Could I use the perfective verb сохранил instead of the imperfective сохранял here?
No, because the phrase в продолжение emphasizes a continuous, ongoing duration. The imperfective aspect сохранял is required to show that the captain was in a constant state of keeping calm for that entire block of time.
Why use сохранял (preserved) instead of a direct translation of 'kept' or 'held', like держал?
Сохранять спокойствие is the standard, natural collocation in Russian for 'to keep calm' or 'to maintain composure.' Using a verb like держать (to hold) here would sound very unnatural to a native speaker.