Breakdown of Огромное здание с шестьюстами восьмьюдесятью двумя комнатами имеет хорошую вместимость.
здание
building
хороший
good
комната
room
два
two
с
with (also со)
восемьдесят
eighty
огромный
huge
иметь
to have, to possess
шестьсот
six hundred
вместимость
capacity (holding, volume)
Questions & Answers about Огромное здание с шестьюстами восьмьюдесятью двумя комнатами имеет хорошую вместимость.
Why is the word for rooms (комнатами) in the instrumental plural instead of the genitive?
When a compound number is in the nominative or accusative case, the noun following it is in the genitive. However, in all other cases (the oblique cases), the noun simply agrees with the number's case. Since the preposition с requires the instrumental case, both the entire compound number шестьюстами восьмьюдесятью двумя and the noun комнатами are in the instrumental plural.
How do you form the instrumental case for six hundred (шестьюстами)?
For hundreds from 500 to 900, both halves of the word decline. The first half шестью- is the instrumental form of шесть (six), and the second half -стами is the instrumental plural of сто (one hundred).
What is the rule for declining eighty (восьмьюдесятью) here?
Just like the hundreds, both parts of the tens from 50 to 80 decline. The first part восьмью- is the instrumental of восемь (eight), and -десятью is the instrumental of десять (ten). Put them together and you get восьмьюдесятью.
Is there an alternative way to spell the instrumental form of eighty?
Yes, you will often see it spelled as восьмидесятью. Both восьмьюдесятью and восьмидесятью are grammatically correct in the instrumental case, and the latter is actually very common in modern Russian.
Why does вместимость take the feminine accusative adjective хорошую?
The noun вместимость (capacity) ends in a soft sign, which is a common ending for feminine nouns. As the direct object of имеет (has), it is in the accusative case. For feminine inanimate nouns, the noun itself does not change form in the accusative, but the modifying adjective must change to хорошую.
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