Word
Мне нравится, что двое моих напарников приехали вовремя.
Meaning
I like that two of my partners arrived on time.
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Breakdown of Мне нравится, что двое моих напарников приехали вовремя.
я
I
мой
my (мой, моя, моё) / mine
нравиться
to please / to appeal
что
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about Мне нравится, что двое моих напарников приехали вовремя.
Why do we use the collective numeral двое here instead of just два?
Двое emphasizes that these people are a single, unified group or a pair acting together. While два моих напарника (two of my partners) is also grammatically correct, using the collective numeral двое is very common and natural for masculine nouns referring to groups of people.
Why is it моих напарников in the Genitive Plural? Doesn't the number two normally take the Genitive Singular?
Regular numbers like два, три, and четыре (when in the Nominative case) take the Genitive Singular, so you would say два моих напарника. However, collective numerals like двое follow a different rule: they take the Genitive Plural. That is why it changes to моих напарников.
Why is the verb приехали in the plural form?
When a collective numeral like двое is the subject and refers to animate nouns (people), the verb usually takes the plural form to reflect that multiple people are performing the action together.
Why is нравится in the singular form, even though the sentence talks about multiple partners?