Директор ответил лично.

to reply

Breakdown of Директор ответил лично.

• директор: the director
• лично: personally

Questions & Answers about Директор ответил лично.

Why is директор in this form?

Директор is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the person who did the action.

So in Директор ответил лично, директор = the director / the principal / the manager, depending on context.

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Why is it ответил and not ответила?

Ответил is the past tense masculine singular form of the verb.

Russian past tense agrees with gender and number:

• ответил = he answered / a masculine person answered
• ответила = she answered
• ответило = it answered
• ответили = they answered

Because директор is grammatically masculine here, the verb is ответил.

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What does лично mean here?

Лично means personally.

In this sentence, it suggests that the director answered:

• in person
• himself
• personally, not through someone else

So the idea is something like: the director did not delegate the reply.

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