Breakdown of Ми розпочали новий проєкт, щоб покращити роботу нашої компанії.
робота
the work
ми
we
новий
new
щоб
in order to
компанія
the company
наш
our
розпочати
to start
проєкт
the project
покращити
to improve
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Questions & Answers about Ми розпочали новий проєкт, щоб покращити роботу нашої компанії.
What does the verb розпочали mean, and what does its form indicate about the action and the subject?
Розпочали is the past tense, perfective form of the verb meaning “to start” or “to begin.” Because it is conjugated in the first-person plural, it matches the subject Ми (“we”) and tells us that the action of starting the project is completed.
How is the purpose expressed in the sentence with щоб and покращити?
The word щоб introduces a subordinate purpose clause, similar to “in order to” in English. The following verb, покращити, is in the infinitive form and indicates the intended result of starting the new project—namely, to improve the company’s work.
Why is there a comma before щоб in this sentence?
In Ukrainian punctuation, a comma is used to separate a main clause from a following subordinate clause that explains the purpose or reason. Here, the comma clearly marks that the clause introduced by щоб (“to improve our company’s work”) is dependent on the main clause (“We started a new project”).
How do the adjective новий and the noun проєкт agree, and why is their order significant?
Новий is an adjective in the masculine, singular, nominative form, which agrees with the noun проєкт—also masculine, singular, and nominative. This word order, with the adjective preceding the noun, is typical in Ukrainian adjective-noun constructions.
Why is the noun роботу used instead of робота, and why is нашої компанії in the genitive case?
Роботу is the accusative case form of робота because it functions as the direct object of the infinitive покращити. The phrase нашої компанії is in the genitive case to indicate possession, showing that the work belongs to “our company.” The possessive adjective is inflected accordingly to match the feminine, singular genitive form.