Breakdown of Она хочет получить эту должность, хотя у неё плохое резюме.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
плохой
bad
хотеть
to want
у
at, by
получить
to receive (perfective)
хотя
although
резюме
resume
должность
position
Questions & Answers about Она хочет получить эту должность, хотя у неё плохое резюме.
Why is there a comma before хотя?
In Russian, you must always put a comma between the main sentence and a dependent clause starting with хотя (although). This is a strict punctuation rule, unlike in English where commas before although are sometimes optional.
Why do we use the perfective verb получить instead of the imperfective получать?
She wants the specific, one-time result of getting this exact job. We use the perfective aspect (получить) to talk about a single, completed action with a successful result.
Why is it эту должность instead of эта должность?
The phrase is the direct object of the verb получить (to get), so it needs to be in the accusative case. The word должность is a feminine noun ending in a soft sign, which doesn't change form in the accusative, but its modifier эта (this) must change to эту.
Why does the adjective плохое have a neuter ending?
It describes резюме (resume), which is a borrowed foreign word. Such words usually never change their endings. Because most indeclinable borrowed nouns that name inanimate objects are assigned the neuter gender in Russian, it takes the neuter adjective плохое.
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