Председатель отчитался о ремонте.

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Breakdown of Председатель отчитался о ремонте.

• ремонт: the repair
• председатель: the chairperson
• отчитаться: to report (work or spending)

Questions & Answers about Председатель отчитался о ремонте.

Why is председатель in the nominative case here?

Because председатель is the subject of the sentence — the person who performed the action.

• председатель = the chairperson / chairman / chair
• In dictionary form, masculine nouns like this are usually shown in the nominative singular.
• The sentence is about what the chairperson did, so nominative is the expected case.

So:

• Председатель = the chairperson did something.

What exactly does отчитался mean here?

Отчитался is the past tense, masculine singular form of отчитаться.

In this context, отчитаться means:

• to report
• to give an account
• to report back
• sometimes to account for what was done

So Председатель отчитался о ремонте means that the chairperson gave a report about the repairs or reported on the repairs.

This verb often suggests that someone was expected to give a report, update, or formal account.

Why does the verb end in -ся?