Word
Эта технология очень уязвима: без электричества мы полностью зависим от неё.
Meaning
This technology is very vulnerable: without electricity we completely depend on it.
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sentence
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Breakdown of Эта технология очень уязвима: без электричества мы полностью зависим от неё.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
мы
we
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
очень
very
Questions & Answers about Эта технология очень уязвима: без электричества мы полностью зависим от неё.
Why use the short form уязвима instead of the full adjective уязвимая?
What grammar rule makes us say зависим от неё instead of just using the direct object?
The verb зависеть (to depend) always requires the preposition от (from) followed by the Genitive case. Unlike English where we depend "on" something, in Russian you literally depend "from" it.
Why does the pronoun неё start with an н here?
Whenever third-person pronouns (он, она, оно, они) immediately follow a preposition, Russian adds an н- to the beginning for easier pronunciation. Because it follows the preposition от, the standard Genitive form её becomes неё.
The sentence uses a colon (:) to connect the two thoughts. Is that standard Russian punctuation?