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На ужин нам принесли по одной порции рыбы, а потом официантка спросила, нужен ли гарнир.
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For dinner, they brought us one portion of fish each, and then the waitress asked whether we wanted a side dish.
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Breakdown of На ужин нам принесли по одной порции рыбы, а потом официантка спросила, нужен ли гарнир.
на
for
ужин
the dinner
рыба
the fish
а
and
Questions & Answers about На ужин нам принесли по одной порции рыбы, а потом официантка спросила, нужен ли гарнир.
Why is it на ужин, and not just ужин?
На ужин is an idiomatic way to mean for dinner / at dinnertime.
Russian often uses на + accusative with meals and scheduled events:
- на завтрак — for breakfast
- на обед — for lunch
- на ужин — for dinner
So На ужин нам принесли... means something like For dinner, they brought us...
Why is it нам?
Нам is the dative case of мы.
Here it marks the people who received something — in English, to us or simply us:
- нам принесли — they brought us / brought to us
Russian very often uses the dative for the recipient of an action.
Why is it принесли in the plural when there is no subject?