Word
Заявитель сравнил личные данные и паспортные данные.
Meaning
The applicant compared the personal data and passport details.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Заявитель сравнил личные данные и паспортные данные.
и
and
сравнивать
to compare
заявитель
the applicant
личные данные
the personal data
Questions & Answers about Заявитель сравнил личные данные и паспортные данные.
What does заявитель mean, and is it a common word?
Заявитель means applicant or person submitting an application/request.
It is fairly common in:
- legal language
- government forms
- administrative contexts
- immigration, banking, insurance, etc.
It sounds more formal than an everyday word like человек (person) or клиент (client).
In this sentence, заявитель is the subject: the applicant is the one doing the action.
Why is the verb сравнил and not сравнила or сравнили?
Russian past-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.
Here the subject is заявитель, which is a masculine singular noun, so the verb is сравнил.
Compare:
- заявитель сравнил = the male applicant compared
- заявительница сравнила = the female applicant compared
- заявители сравнили = the applicants compared
If the real person is female, Russian often still uses заявитель in formal bureaucratic style, but in ordinary language you may also see заявительница.
What form of the verb is сравнил?