Breakdown of Возобновляемая энергия становится популярной вследствие изменения климата.
популярный
popular
изменение
change
климат
climate
энергия
energy
становиться
to become (imperfective)
вследствие
as a consequence of, as a result of
возобновляемый
renewable
Questions & Answers about Возобновляемая энергия становится популярной вследствие изменения климата.
Why is популярной in the instrumental case here?
It is the complement of the verb становится (is becoming). In Russian, when you say someone or something 'becomes' a certain way or turns into something, the resulting state or noun is typically put in the instrumental case. Since энергия is feminine, we use the feminine instrumental ending -ой for the adjective популярная.
What case does the preposition вследствие take, and why is it written as one word?
The preposition вследствие (due to / as a result of) always takes the genitive case, which is why we see изменения (from the nominative изменение). It is written as a single word ending in -е when used as a preposition of cause. Be careful not to confuse it with the noun phrase в следствии (in the criminal investigation), which is two words and ends in -и.
How is the word возобновляемая formed?
It originates from the present passive participle of the verb возобновлять (to renew), literally meaning 'being renewed.' However, it is now used standardly as a regular adjective meaning 'renewable.' It agrees with the feminine nominative noun энергия.
Why is климата in the genitive case instead of agreeing with изменения?
In English we often use two nouns together like the compound 'climate change', but in Russian, this is expressed as 'change OF climate'. Noun-to-noun modification is expressed using the genitive case, so the nominative климат becomes the genitive климата.
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