Breakdown of Тебе надо подписать и сдать анкету.
и
and
тебе
to you (informal)
надо
must, need to
сдать
to hand in
подписать
to sign
анкета
form
Questions & Answers about Тебе надо подписать и сдать анкету.
Why does the sentence start with Тебе instead of Ты?
In Russian, expressing 'need' or 'have to' often uses an impersonal structure. Instead of saying 'You need', the literal structure is 'To you it is necessary'. Тебе is the Dative case of ты. It is combined with the word надо (necessary) and the infinitive verbs to show who needs to do the action.
Could I use нужно instead of надо here?
Yes! Тебе нужно подписать... means exactly the same thing. Надо and нужно are completely interchangeable when followed by an infinitive verb like they are here. Надо is slightly more colloquial, but both are very common.
Are подписать and сдать perfective or imperfective verbs?
They are both perfective verbs. You use the perfective aspect here because you are talking about specific, one-time actions that need to be successfully completed: you will sign the form once and hand it in once.
I thought сдать meant 'to pass an exam'. Why does it mean 'hand in' here?
Сдать is a versatile verb whose core meaning is transferring something to an official receiver. You can сдать экзамен (hand in an exam = pass it), сдать квартиру (hand over an apartment = rent it out), or, as in this sentence, сдать анкету (hand in a form).
Why does the word for form end in -у (анкету)?
The dictionary form is анкета, which is a feminine noun. Because the form is the direct object receiving the action (it is the thing being signed and handed in), it takes the Accusative case, changing the -а ending to -у.
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