Breakdown of Вечером канал объявил результаты конкурса.
вечером
in the evening
объявить
to announce
канал
the channel
результат
the result
Questions & Answers about Вечером канал объявил результаты конкурса.
What case and function does Вечером have in this sentence?
Вечером is an adverbial expression of time. It comes from the noun вечер in the instrumental singular (–ом) used without a preposition to mean “in the evening.” It specifies when the action occurred.
Why is канал in the nominative case, and what role does it play?
канал is a masculine singular noun in the nominative case. As the subject, it indicates who performed the action: “the channel” announced something.
What does the ending -л in объявил indicate?
The -л ending marks past tense. Because канал is masculine singular, the verb takes объявил. For a feminine subject you'd have объявила, neuter объявило, and plural объявили.
Which aspect is used in объявил, perfective or imperfective, and why?
объявил is the perfective past tense of the verb объявить. Perfective aspect denotes a completed, one-time action – the channel finished announcing the results.
Why are результаты and конкурса in the accusative and genitive cases respectively?
• результаты is the direct object of , so it’s in the accusative case. Since is inanimate and plural, its accusative form matches the nominative ().• is the genitive singular of , showing possession: “results OF the contest.”