Breakdown of Автор отправляет новую книгу пожилым подписчикам.
книга
book
новый
new
отправлять
to send
автор
author
Questions & Answers about Автор отправляет новую книгу пожилым подписчикам.
Why do we use the ending -ам in подписчикам?
Подписчикам is the indirect object of the sentence, which tells us to whom the book is being sent. This means it must be in the Dative case. Since there is more than one subscriber, we use the Dative plural. For masculine nouns ending in a hard consonant, you add -ам.
How does the adjective пожилым match the noun here?
Adjectives always match the noun they describe in case and number. Because подписчикам is in the Dative plural, the adjective пожилой (elderly) must also be Dative plural. In the Dative plural, adjectives take the ending -ым (or -им after certain letters).
Why does the sentence use новую книгу instead of the dictionary form новая книга?
The new book is the direct object (the thing that is being sent), so it needs to be in the Accusative case. For feminine singular words, the noun ending -а changes to -у (книгу), and the adjective ending -ая changes to -ую (новую).
Is отправляет an imperfective or perfective verb?
It is imperfective. The infinitive is отправлять. Because the action is happening right now in the present tense (the author is sending), we must use the imperfective aspect. The perfective counterpart for a completed, one-time action would be отправить.