Я получил уведомление об операции.

Получил is the perfective past tense of получить, so it presents the action as completed: I received / I got.

Получал would be the imperfective past of получать, which usually suggests a repeated, ongoing, or process-like action, for example:

• Я часто получал уведомления — I often received notifications.
• Я получал уведомление, когда... — I was receiving a notification when...

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about one completed event, so получил is the natural choice.

That -л is part of the past tense form in Russian. Past tense verbs are built from the infinitive stem plus forms that show gender and number.

Here:

• получил = masculine singular
• получила = feminine singular
• получило = neuter singular
• получили = plural

So Я получил tells us the speaker is male. A female speaker would say Я получила уведомление об операции.

Уведомление is the direct object of the verb получил: the thing that was received.

The noun уведомление is neuter. In Russian, neuter inanimate nouns often look the same in the nominative and accusative singular:

• nominative: уведомление
• accusative: уведомление

So even though it is the object, its form does not change here.

After the preposition о / об meaning about / concerning, Russian uses the prepositional case.

The noun операция changes like this:

• nominative: операция
• prepositional: об операции

So об операции means about the operation / about the transaction.

You cannot say о операция because the noun must be in the correct case.

О and об are variants of the same preposition.

Russian normally uses об before words that begin with certain vowels because it sounds smoother:

• об операции
• об этом
• об ошибке

Before many consonants, you usually get о:

• о книге
• о работе

So об операции is chosen for pronunciation reasons.

Not necessarily. Операция has several meanings depending on context, including:

• operation in a general sense
• surgical operation
• military operation
• banking transaction / financial operation

In a sentence with уведомление (notification), a very common interpretation is:

• a notification about a transaction

But if the wider context is medical, it could mean:

• a notification about an operation

So the exact meaning depends on the situation.

Russian has no articles, so there is no direct equivalent of a or the.

That means уведомление can mean:

• a notification
• the notification

and об операции can mean:

• about an operation
• about the operation

The listener figures this out from context.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible, because case endings show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

• Я получил уведомление об операции.

But other orders are possible, for example:

• Уведомление об операции я получил. — emphasizes the notification
• Об операции я получил уведомление. — emphasizes about the operation / transaction

Even though the order changes, the basic meaning stays similar. The main difference is focus or emphasis.

The stress is:

• Я получи́л уведомле́ние об опера́ции.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• Я = ya
• получи́л = pa-lu-CHEEL
• уведомле́ние = oo-vee-dam-LYE-nee-ye
• об опера́ции = ob a-pye-RA-tsii

Important stress points:

• получи́л
• уведомле́ние
• опера́ции

Yes, especially in formal, technical, financial, or app-related language.

Common situations include:

• a banking app message
• an email from a service
• an automatic system alert
• an official notice

In everyday speech, a person might also say:

• Я получил сообщение об операции — I got a message about the transaction/operation
• Мне пришло уведомление об операции — I received a notification about the transaction/operation

So the phrase is natural and quite common in formal or digital contexts.

Yes. Russian often omits the subject pronoun when it is clear from the verb or the context.

So you could say:

• Получил уведомление об операции.

That sounds natural in conversation if the subject is already understood. But including Я is also perfectly correct, and it can make the sentence a bit clearer or more emphatic.