Breakdown of Говорят, что сильный гнев — это тоже эмоциональный ресурс.
это
this / it is
тоже
also
говорить
to speak, to talk
что
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about Говорят, что сильный гнев — это тоже эмоциональный ресурс.
Why is говорят used here without the pronoun они?
Dropping the pronoun and just using the third-person plural verb is the standard Russian way to express "they say," "people say," or "it is said." It creates an impersonal sentence where the focus is on the general rumor or opinion, not on specific individuals doing the speaking.
Why is there a dash and the word это before the second half of the sentence?
In Russian, when both the subject (гнев) and the predicate (ресурс) are nouns in the nominative case, a dash is used to link them instead of a present-tense "to be" verb. Adding это right after the dash is a very common stylistic choice to emphasize the definition or equivalence, essentially saying: "strong anger — this is a resource."
Why do we use сильный (strong) to describe anger here?
In Russian, intense emotions, feelings, and abstract conditions are typically quantified with сильный (strong) rather than words like большой (big) or тяжёлый (heavy). You will see this same collocation in phrases like сильная боль (severe pain) or сильный страх (intense fear).
Could I use также instead of тоже in this sentence?