Word
Директор решил увеличить бюджет.
Meaning
The director decided to increase the budget.
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Breakdown of Директор решил увеличить бюджет.
решить
to decide
директор
the director
бюджет
the budget
увеличить
to increase
Questions & Answers about Директор решил увеличить бюджет.
What tense and aspect are used in the verbs, and why?
- решил is past tense, masculine, perfective of решить (decided). It states a completed decision.
- увеличить is the perfective infinitive (to increase to a result). With решил, the perfective infinitive signals a one-time, result-focused increase.
What case is бюджет in, and why does it look unchanged?
It’s accusative singular, the direct object of увеличить. For inanimate masculine nouns like бюджет, the accusative form matches the nominative, so it stays бюджет.
How would it change if the director is a woman?
Use the feminine past on the verb: Директор решила увеличить бюджет.
Note: директор is grammatically masculine, but with a female referent, the verb usually takes feminine past (решила). The word директриса exists but is stylistically marked and less common in many contexts.
Why not use the imperfective увеличивать?
- решил увеличить = decided to increase (once, to a specific result).
- решил увеличивать = decided to increase repeatedly/regularly or as an ongoing policy (e.g., решил увеличивать бюджет каждый год).