Breakdown of Мы получили сообщение от нового отправителя.
мы
we
новый
new
сообщение
message
от
from
получить
to receive (perfective)
отправитель
sender
Questions & Answers about Мы получили сообщение от нового отправителя.
Why does this sentence use от instead of из to say 'from'?
In Russian, от is used when something or someone comes from a person (like a sender, friend, or doctor). The preposition из is used when moving out of a physical place or container (like a city or a room). Since the message came from a person, we use от.
Why do the words for 'new sender' change to нового отправителя?
The preposition от always forces the following noun phrase into the Genitive case. For the masculine noun отправитель (sender), the soft sign -ь changes to -я. The masculine adjective новый (new) changes to its Genitive form, нового. Remember that the -ого ending is pronounced like '-ovo'.
Since отправитель ends in a soft sign (-ь), how do we know it is masculine so we can use the right endings?
Nouns ending in -тель are masculine. This suffix is usually added to a verb to describe a person who does that action. Here, the verb отправить (to send) becomes отправитель (sender). Other common examples are учитель (teacher) and писатель (writer).
Why use the perfective verb получили here instead of получали?
получили shows a single, successfully completed action with a clear result: the message arrived and we have it. If you used the imperfective form получали, it would mean you were in the process of receiving a message, or that you used to receive messages regularly.
Why doesn't сообщение (message) change its ending, since it is the object being received?
You are right that it is the direct object and must be in the Accusative case. However, сообщение is a neuter noun. For neuter nouns, the Accusative case looks exactly the same as their dictionary (Nominative) form, so the ending doesn't change.
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