Breakdown of На производстве серьёзная нехватка сырья.
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
серьёзный
serious
производство
the production (n)
сырьё
the raw material
нехватка
the shortage / the lack
Questions & Answers about На производстве серьёзная нехватка сырья.
How does the word нехватка relate to this lesson's verbs?
The noun нехватка (shortage, lack) is directly related to the verb хватать (to suffice). Just like the negated verb requires the Genitive case for the thing that is lacking (не хватает сырья), the noun also takes the Genitive (нехватка сырья).
Why is the preposition на used with производстве here?
The word производство can mean production, manufacturing, or a specific factory. When referring to an industrial facility or the manufacturing process as a setting where something happens, Russian conventionally uses на in the Prepositional case (на производстве).
What is the dictionary form of сырья, and why does its ending look like this?
The dictionary form is the neuter noun сырьё (raw material). Because it is the object of the shortage, it must be in the Genitive case. For neuter nouns ending in -ье or -ьё, the Genitive singular ending is -ья, which is why it becomes сырья.
How would you rewrite this sentence using the verb не хватает instead of the noun?
You could say: На производстве серьёзно не хватает сырья. Notice that we changed the adjective серьёзная (serious) to the adverb серьёзно (seriously) to modify the verb. The word сырья remains in the Genitive case.
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