Помимо босса пришли ещё четверо.

Besides the boss, four more people came.

Breakdown of Помимо босса пришли ещё четверо.

• прийти: to come
• ещё: more
• помимо: besides; apart from
• четверо: four people

Questions & Answers about Помимо босса пришли ещё четверо.

What does помимо mean here?

Here помимо means besides, in addition to, or apart from.

So Помимо босса пришли ещё четверо means that the boss came, and four other people came as well.

A very close alternative is Кроме босса пришли ещё четверо.

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Important note: in some contexts помимо can mean something closer to aside from or not counting, but in this sentence, especially with ещё четверо, the natural reading is clearly the boss came too.

Why is it босса, not босс?

Because помимо requires the genitive case.

• nominative: босс
• genitive: босса

So:

• помимо босса
• кроме босса
• у босса

all use the genitive.

Also, босс is an animate masculine noun, so its genitive singular is босса.

Does this sentence definitely mean that the boss also came?

Yes, that is the normal meaning.

Помимо босса + ещё четверо strongly suggests:

• the boss came
• four more people came in addition

So the structure is basically:

Besides the boss, another four arrived.

If the boss had not come, this wording would be odd or misleading.