Breakdown of Однако расследование этого преступления продолжается.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
преступление
crime
продолжаться
to continue, to go on
однако
however
расследование
the investigation
Questions & Answers about Однако расследование этого преступления продолжается.
How would we use the new lesson's grammar to say 'In the course of the investigation of this crime...'?
You would use the formal preposition в ходе (in the course of / during) followed by the Genitive case. The phrase becomes в ходе расследования этого преступления. This is the standard formal way to express 'during' for official processes like investigations, rather than using во время.
Why is the verb продолжается reflexive here? Can we use продолжает?
Продолжается is the intransitive form, used when something just 'goes on' or 'continues' without a specified actor doing it to an object. If you used the non-reflexive продолжает, you would need someone to actively continue it, like 'The police continue the investigation' (Полиция продолжает расследование).
Why are этого and преступления in the Genitive case here?
They are in the Genitive case to show relation, translating to the English 'of'. Since преступление is a neuter noun, both the demonstrative pronoun and the noun take their neuter Genitive endings: этого and преступления.
Could we change the word order to Однако продолжается расследование...?
Yes, because Russian word order is flexible. Moving the verb before the subject emphasizes the action itself, stressing that it is still going on. The current word order is more neutral and typical for a standard formal report.
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