Word
Коллекционеры обменялись антиквариатом.
Meaning
The collectors exchanged antiques.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Коллекционеры обменялись антиквариатом.
антиквариат
antiques
коллекционер
the collector
обменяться
to exchange
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Questions & Answers about Коллекционеры обменялись антиквариатом.
Why is Коллекционеры in that form?
Коллекционеры is the nominative plural form of коллекционер.
It is in the nominative because it is the subject of the sentence, and it is plural because there is more than one collector.
- singular: коллекционер
- plural: коллекционеры
So Коллекционеры = the collectors.
What exactly does обменялись mean here?
Обменялись is the past tense, plural form of обменяться.
In this sentence, it means exchanged with each other or swapped.
A useful breakdown:
- обменяться = to exchange, to swap
- обменялись = they exchanged / they swapped
Because the subject is plural, the verb naturally suggests a mutual action: the collectors exchanged things among themselves.
Why does the verb end in -сь?