Breakdown of Начинающие часто делают такие ошибки.
делать
to do
часто
often
ошибка
mistake
такой
such / so / what ... is
начинающий
beginner
Questions & Answers about Начинающие часто делают такие ошибки.
How does the word начинающие function as a noun in this sentence?
Начинающие is a substantivized participle. It is originally the present active participle of the verb начинать (to begin), literally meaning "beginning." Here, it takes on the role of a noun meaning "beginners." Even though it acts entirely as a noun in the sentence, it still declines exactly like an adjective.
Why does начинающие end in -ие rather than the standard plural adjective ending -ые?
This is a classic spelling rule refresher. The stem ends in the husher consonant щ. In Russian spelling, you can never write the letter ы after the letters г, к, х, ж, ч, ш, щ. Therefore, the plural ending must be spelled with и, giving us -ие.
We use делают here for "make." Can I use a more advanced verb for "making mistakes" at a B2 level?
Yes! While делать ошибки is very common and perfectly correct for everyday speech, you will frequently see the verbs допускать (imperfective) or допустить (perfective) used with ошибки. Допускать ошибки literally means "to allow mistakes" and sounds slightly more formal or written. Another excellent B2 option is совершать ошибки.
Why is it такие ошибки instead of так ошибки?
Because ошибки (mistakes) is a noun, you must use the adjective-like demonstrative pronoun такой (in this case, the plural такие), which translates to "such." The word так is an adverb meaning "so" or "in such a way," and it is used to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, never nouns.
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