Breakdown of Новый сотрудник разговаривает с клиентом.
новый
new
клиент
client
разговаривать
to talk
с
with (also со)
сотрудник
employee
Questions & Answers about Новый сотрудник разговаривает с клиентом.
Why does the word for client end in -ом here (клиентом)?
The preposition с (meaning "with") requires the noun that follows it to take the Instrumental case. For most masculine nouns ending in a consonant like клиент, you add -ом to the end to show accompaniment.
How do I pronounce с клиентом? Do I pause after the с?
No, you do not pause. In Russian, single-letter prepositions like с attach directly to the following word when you speak. You pronounce it all together in one breath, as if it were written склиентом.
The verb разговаривает is very long. Is it related to the basic verb говорит (speaks)?
Yes! разговаривать means "to have a conversation" or "to chat," while говорить generally means "to speak" or "to say." Because the employee is having a back-and-forth dialogue with the client, we use разговаривает.
Why do we use the ending -ый for Новый?
Новый (new) describes the noun сотрудник (employee). Because сотрудник is a masculine noun acting as the subject of the sentence, the adjective must match its gender and case, giving us the standard masculine ending -ый.
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