Breakdown of Акционеры обсуждают наши расходы на встречах.
наш
our (наш, наша, наше)
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
встреча
meeting
обсуждать
to discuss
акционер
shareholder
расход
expense
Questions & Answers about Акционеры обсуждают наши расходы на встречах.
Why do we use на instead of в for "at the meetings"?
In Russian, events and activities usually take the preposition на to mean "at" or "in" (like на работе or на концерте). Since a meeting (встреча) is an event rather than a physical building or container, we use на with the Prepositional case plural here.
Why doesn't the ending of наши расходы (our expenses) change, since it is the direct object?
It actually is in the Accusative case! For inanimate masculine nouns like расход (expense), the Accusative plural looks exactly the same as the Nominative plural. The possessive pronoun наш (our) matches this rule, taking the form наши.
Is обсуждают imperfective or perfective, and why?
Обсуждают is the imperfective verb (from обсуждать). It is used here because the sentence describes a recurring, habitual action—something they do generally "at meetings"—rather than a one-time, completed result.
How would I apply this lesson's grammar to say they discuss "half of our expenses"?
You would use the Accusative form половину (half) as the new direct object, followed by the Genitive plural for "our expenses" to show what it is half of: Акционеры обсуждают половину наших расходов на встречах.
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