Breakdown of Мы позвали её на собеседование, хотя она ещё студентка.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
мы
we
студентка
student (f)
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
ещё
still, more
позвать
to call, to invite (perfective)
хотя
although
собеседование
interview (job)
Questions & Answers about Мы позвали её на собеседование, хотя она ещё студентка.
How does the word хотя affect the sentence structure here?
It works exactly like 'although' in English by connecting two contrasting ideas. It doesn't force any special word order or noun cases in the part of the sentence that follows it. Just remember that Russian punctuation rules require a comma right before хотя!
Could I use пригласили instead of позвали for 'invited'?
Yes, absolutely. Пригласили is the direct translation of 'invited' and sounds a bit more formal and professional. Позвали literally means 'called' or 'asked to come', which is very natural and common in everyday speech, even for job interviews.
Why do we use на instead of в for 'to an interview'?
We use на because an interview (собеседование) is an event or a process, not a physical building or enclosed space. The noun stays in the accusative case (на собеседование) to show the destination or goal of the invitation.
I learned that ещё means 'more'. Why does it mean 'still' in this sentence?
Ещё is a very flexible word! When you use it to describe an ongoing situation or state in time, like она ещё студентка (she is still a student), it translates to 'still'. You use it to mean 'more' when talking about adding quantity, like ещё чай (more tea).
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