Регламент выступления уже изменили.

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Breakdown of Регламент выступления уже изменили.

• изменить: to change
• регламент выступления: the presentation time limit

Questions & Answers about Регламент выступления уже изменили.

Why is there no subject in Регламент выступления уже изменили?

Russian often leaves out the subject when it is unknown, unimportant, or meant in a general they sense.

Here, изменили is 3rd person plural past and can mean something like:

• they changed
• someone changed
• it has been changed in a less formal, more natural way

So the sentence does not necessarily mean that a specific group of people is being talked about. It is a very common Russian way to say that an action was done by unspecified people.

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Why is изменили plural?

Because this is the common Russian indefinite-personal construction.

The verb is in the plural past form:

• изменил = he changed
• изменила = she changed
• изменило = it changed
• изменили = they changed

In sentences like this, Russian uses the plural form without stating who they are. English often translates this as:

• They already changed...
• Someone already changed...
• ...has already been changed

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