Він вгадав відповідь.

he

Breakdown of Він вгадав відповідь.

• відповідь: the answer
• вгадати: to guess correctly

Questions & Answers about Він вгадав відповідь.

What grammatical form is вгадав?

Вгадав is the past tense, masculine singular form of the verb вгадати.

In this sentence:

• він = he
• вгадав = guessed / guessed correctly

The masculine form is used because він refers to a male person.

Compare:

• він вгадав = he guessed
• вона вгадала = she guessed
• воно вгадало = it guessed
• вони вгадали = they guessed

Why is вгадати used here instead of an imperfective verb?

Вгадати is a perfective verb, so it presents the action as completed and with a result.

That fits this sentence, because the idea is that he did guess it successfully.

The imperfective partner is вгадувати. That would be used for:

• repeated guessing
• the process of guessing
• habitual action

For example:

• Він вгадував відповіді. = He was guessing answers / He used to guess answers.

So він вгадав відповідь means a single completed success.

Does вгадав mean he simply made a guess, or that he guessed correctly?