Банк прислал выписку по счёту.

Breakdown of Банк прислал выписку по счёту.

прислать
to send
банк
bank
выписка по счёту
the account statement

Questions & Answers about Банк прислал выписку по счёту.

Why is банк written without any word for the or a?

Russian has no articles. So банк can mean the bank or a bank, depending on context.

In this sentence, the context usually makes it clear that it means the bank: the specific bank connected to the account.

Why is it прислал and not something like прислала or прислали?

Прислал is past tense, masculine singular.

Russian past tense agrees with the subject in gender and number:

  • прислал = masculine singular
  • прислала = feminine singular
  • прислало = neuter singular
  • прислали = plural

Since банк is a masculine singular noun, the verb is прислал.

What does прислал mean exactly, and how is it different from послал or отправил?

Прислал comes from прислать, which usually means to send to someone / to send over / to send here. It often focuses on the item successfully reaching the recipient.

Compared with similar verbs:

  • послал = sent, but often just the act of sending
  • отправил = dispatched / sent off
  • прислал = sent to me/us/the destination, often with a sense of arrival

So Банк прислал выписку по счёту naturally means the bank sent the statement and it was received or is being presented as a completed result.

Why is выписка written as выписку here?

Because it is the direct object of the verb прислал.

The dictionary form is выписка. Since it is a feminine noun ending in , its accusative singular changes to :

  • nominative: выписка
  • accusative: выписку

So:

  • Банк = the subject
  • прислал = the verb
  • выписку = the thing sent
What does выписка mean here?

Here выписка means statement, specifically a bank statement or account statement.

More generally, выписка can also mean an extract, excerpt, or official document taken from a larger record, depending on context.

In banking, выписка по счёту is a very common phrase for account statement.

Why is it по счёту? What case is счёту?

Счёту is the dative singular of счёт.

The preposition по often requires the dative case. In the phrase выписка по счёту, it means something like:

  • statement on the account
  • statement for the account
  • more naturally in English, account statement

So:

  • dictionary form: счёт
  • after по: по счёту

This is a set banking expression, so it is worth learning as a chunk: выписка по счёту.

Why is there ё in счёту? Can it be written as счету?

Yes. In normal Russian writing, ё is often replaced by е, so you may see счету instead of счёту.

But the pronunciation is still with yo:

  • счёт sounds like shchyot
  • счёту sounds like shchyó-tu

For learners, seeing ё is very helpful because it shows both the correct vowel and the stress.

Is прислал perfective or imperfective, and why does that matter here?

Прислал is perfective. Its infinitive is прислать.

Perfective verbs usually present an action as completed, as a whole, or with a result. Here the result is that the statement was sent.

The imperfective partner is присылать:

  • Банк прислал выписку = the bank sent the statement
  • Банк присылал выписку = the bank used to send / was sending / sent at some point, with less focus on completed result

In this sentence, perfective is natural because it describes a completed event.

Can the word order change?

Yes. Russian word order is more flexible than English because case endings show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

  • Банк прислал выписку по счёту.

But other orders are possible for emphasis:

  • Выписку по счёту прислал банк. = It was the bank that sent the statement.
  • По счёту банк прислал выписку. = As for the account, the bank sent a statement.

Even when the order changes, the endings still show:

How is this sentence pronounced, and where is the stress?

The stress is:

  • банк
  • прислал
  • выписку
  • по счёту

A rough pronunciation guide:

  • Банк = bank
  • прислал = pree-SLAHL
  • выписку = VY-pis-ku
  • по счёту = pa SHCHYO-tu

The щ sound in счёту is difficult for many learners. In standard Russian, it is a soft long shch sound.

Does счёт always mean account?

No. Счёт has several meanings depending on context, including:

  • account as in a bank account
  • bill as in a restaurant bill
  • score as in a game
  • count in some expressions

Here, because of банк and выписка, it clearly means bank account.

Could Russian also say банковскую выписку instead of выписку по счёту?

Yes, but the meaning is slightly different in emphasis.

  • выписка по счёту = statement for an account / account statement
  • банковская выписка = bank statement

They are close in meaning, and both are common. But по счёту points more directly to the specific account, while банковская identifies the type of statement as banking-related.

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