Breakdown of У нас получилось встретиться вечером.
мы
we
встретиться
to meet
вечером
in the evening
получиться
to manage
Questions & Answers about У нас получилось встретиться вечером.
What does the structure у нас получилось literally mean, and why is it formed that way?
It literally means “it turned out for us” or “we managed.” The preposition у takes the genitive case, so нас is the genitive of мы (“we”). This is a common impersonal pattern in Russian to express that something worked out for someone: у меня/тебя/него/нас + impersonal verb.
Why is получилось in the neuter past form?
Because this is an impersonal construction. Получилось is the neuter past of получиться used without a grammatical subject—like English “it worked out.” Neuter singular is the default for impersonal past-tense predicates.
Could I say нам получилось instead of у нас получилось?
Why is встретиться in the infinitive?