Директор отвечает за проект.

The director is responsible for the project.

Breakdown of Директор отвечает за проект.

• проект: the project
• директор: the director
• отвечать за: to be responsible for

Questions & Answers about Директор отвечает за проект.

Why is it отвечает за and not отвечает на in this sentence?

The verb отвечать has different meanings depending on the preposition:

• отвечать на + accusative = to answer (a question, a letter)

  • отвечать на вопрос – to answer a question
  • отвечать на письмо – to answer a letter

• отвечать за + accusative = to be responsible for, to answer for (be held accountable for)

  • отвечать за проект – to be responsible for the project
  • отвечать за результат – to be responsible for the result

In Директор отвечает за проект, the meaning is clearly about responsibility, not about replying to something, so за is the correct preposition.

What case is проект in, and why?