Breakdown of Завтра он обрадуется повышению и приглашению.
и
and
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
завтра
tomorrow
обрадоваться
to become glad
повышение
promotion
приглашение
invitation
Questions & Answers about Завтра он обрадуется повышению и приглашению.
Why isn't there a preposition like "about" before повышению?
Reflexive verbs expressing emotion, like радоваться (to be glad) and its perfective form обрадоваться, take their objects directly in the Dative case. The Dative case itself points to the cause or target of the emotion, so no extra preposition is needed.
How does the verb обрадуется show that this happens in the future?
Обрадоваться is a perfective verb. Perfective verbs focus on a completed result and do not have a present tense. When you conjugate them using standard present-tense endings (like the -ет used here for "he"), they automatically form the simple future tense. It means he will become happy.
Why does the spelling change so much from the infinitive обрадоваться to обрадуется?
This follows a standard rule for verbs ending in -овать. When conjugated, the -ова- part drops out and is replaced by -у-. So, the stem обрадова- becomes обраду-, then you add the 3rd-person singular ending -ет, and finally the reflexive particle -ся.
Why do the words for "promotion" and "invitation" end in -ию here?
They are both neuter nouns that end in -ие in their dictionary form (повышение, приглашение). Because they are the cause of the happiness, the verb forces them into the Dative case. For neuter nouns ending in -е, the Dative case ending is -ю.
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