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Сначала нас попросили входить поодиночке, а уже потом мы смогли спокойно поговорить.
Meaning
First we were asked to go in one by one, and only afterward were we able to talk calmly.
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Breakdown of Сначала нас попросили входить поодиночке, а уже потом мы смогли спокойно поговорить.
мы
we
спокойно
calmly
нас
us
а
and
Questions & Answers about Сначала нас попросили входить поодиночке, а уже потом мы смогли спокойно поговорить.
Why is it нас попросили, not мы попросили?
Because нас is the object, not the subject.
- мы = we as the subject
- нас = us in the accusative/genitive form
In this sentence, the idea is someone asked us, so us is being acted on:
- нас попросили = they asked us
If you said мы попросили, it would mean we asked.
Why is попросили plural?
Попросили is past tense plural because the subject is an unstated they.
Russian often leaves out the subject when it is unknown, obvious, or unimportant. So:
- нас попросили literally means they asked us
- but in natural English, it may simply be we were asked
This is a very common Russian pattern:
- Меня пригласили. = I was invited.
- Нас попросили подождать. = We were asked to wait.
So the plural verb does not agree with нас grammatically as an object; it reflects the omitted subject they.
Why is the infinitive входить and not войти?