Breakdown of Он всегда возвращает деньги.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
всегда
always
деньги
money
возвращать
to return, to give back
Questions & Answers about Он всегда возвращает деньги.
Why do we use the imperfective verb возвращает here?
The word всегда (always) is the big clue. Because he does this repeatedly as a habit, we must use the imperfective verb возвращать (to return / give back) instead of its perfective partner вернуть (to return something once).
What case is деньги (money) in here?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object—the thing being given back. For inanimate nouns like деньги, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the dictionary (nominative) form.
Деньги ends in -и, which usually marks a plural. Is 'money' plural in Russian?
Yes, деньги is a plural-only word, much like 'clothes' or 'scissors' in English. If you want to say 'my money' or 'big money', you have to use plural modifiers: мои деньги or большие деньги.
Since this lesson is about carrying things (нести / носить), would we use a verb of motion to say he 'brings' the money back?
You could use a prefixed verb of motion like приносить (to bring by foot) if you wanted to emphasize the physical transport of the cash. However, возвращать is the most natural, standard way to say 'give back' or 'repay' when you just mean settling a debt, without focusing on the physical action of walking it over.
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