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Друг попытался ободрить меня и предложил сразу уладить всё без лишних слов.
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A friend tried to encourage me and suggested settling everything right away without extra words.
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Breakdown of Друг попытался ободрить меня и предложил сразу уладить всё без лишних слов.
друг
the friend
и
and
слово
the word
меня
me
Questions & Answers about Друг попытался ободрить меня и предложил сразу уладить всё без лишних слов.
Why are попытался and предложил in this form?
They are past tense, masculine, singular verb forms.
- попытался = tried / attempted
- предложил = offered / suggested
Russian past tense agrees with the subject in gender and number. Since друг is a masculine singular noun, the verbs take masculine singular past forms.
Compare:
- друг попытался = the male friend tried
- подруга попыталась = the female friend tried
- друзья попытались = the friends tried
Why is there no word for he in the sentence?
Russian often drops subject pronouns when the subject is already clear.
Here, друг is explicitly stated, so adding он would be unnecessary:
- Друг попытался... = The friend tried...
Russian does this much more often than English. Once the subject is known, pronouns are frequently omitted.
Why is меня used after ободрить?
Because ободрить takes a direct object, and direct objects usually go in the accusative case.
- я = I
- меня = me (accusative / genitive form)
So:
- ободрить меня = to encourage me
This is just the normal pattern of the verb ободрить.