Breakdown of Пожарный повторил, что при эвакуации надо идти спокойно и не возвращаться за вещами.
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Questions & Answers about Пожарный повторил, что при эвакуации надо идти спокойно и не возвращаться за вещами.
Why is пожарный used here? Isn’t that originally an adjective?
Yes. Пожарный originally means fire-related as an adjective, but it is also very commonly used as a noun meaning firefighter.
So in this sentence, пожарный = the firefighter.
A learner may also hear пожарник, but пожарный is the more standard and neutral word.
Why is the verb повторил in this form?
Повторил is:
- past tense
- masculine singular
- perfective
It agrees with пожарный, which is masculine singular.
The perfective verb повторить means to repeat once / to say again as a complete action. So пожарный повторил means the firefighter repeated / restated.
If it were повторял, that would be imperfective and would suggest something more like was repeating or used to repeat.
Why is there a comma before что?