Пацієнт зателефонував до реєстратури.

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Breakdown of Пацієнт зателефонував до реєстратури.

• зателефонувати: to call
• пацієнт: the patient
• реєстратура: the medical reception desk

Questions & Answers about Пацієнт зателефонував до реєстратури.

Why is the verb зателефонував used here, and what does it tell me?

Зателефонував is the past tense of зателефонувати, which is a perfective verb.

That tells you two things:

• it means to make a call / to call once
• the action is seen as completed

So Пацієнт зателефонував до реєстратури means the patient did call the reception/registration desk.

A useful contrast:

• телефонував = was calling / called / used to call, with more focus on the process or repeated action
• зателефонував = called once, successfully initiated the call

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Why does зателефонував end in -в?

That ending shows past tense masculine singular.

In Ukrainian past tense, the verb agrees with the subject in gender and number:

• зателефонував = masculine singular
• зателефонувала = feminine singular
• зателефонувало = neuter singular
• зателефонували = plural

Since пацієнт is a masculine singular noun, the verb is зателефонував.

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Why is it до реєстратури and not just реєстратурі or реєстратура?