Breakdown of Она не предупредила нас о переносе, так что это её вина.
это
this / it is
не
not
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
мы
we
о
about (о, об, обо)
вина
guilt / fault
её
her (possessive)
предупредить
to warn (pf)
так что
so / with the result that (conjunction)
перенос
postponement / rescheduling
Questions & Answers about Она не предупредила нас о переносе, так что это её вина.
The conjunction here is так что. Could I use поэтому instead?
Yes, they are very close in meaning. However, поэтому (therefore / that is why) is an adverb often used to start a new independent sentence, while так что (so / with the result that) is a conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause of consequence. Notice that так что directly follows the comma to link the result to the first action.
Why does предупредила take the preposition о here?
The verb предупредить (to warn or to notify) requires the preposition о or об plus the prepositional case to express what someone is being warned about. Here, she failed to warn us about the postponement, which translates as о переносе.
How is the word переносе constructed?
It is the prepositional case of перенос, meaning postponement, transfer, or shift. It is built from the prefix пере- (meaning across or re-) and the root from нести (to carry). Conceptually, it is the act of carrying an event over to a different time.
Since вина (fault) is feminine, why do we use the neuter это instead of эта?
In this sentence, это is acting as a standalone subject pronoun meaning 'this is' or 'it is'. When used this way, это stays in its fixed neuter form regardless of the gender of the noun that follows. If you were saying 'this fault' as a single noun phrase, it would be эта вина, but 'this is her fault' requires это её вина.
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