Breakdown of Мы обрадуемся большой премии и повышению.
и
and
мы
we
большой
big
премия
bonus
обрадоваться
to become glad
повышение
promotion
Questions & Answers about Мы обрадуемся большой премии и повышению.
Why are большой премии and повышению in the Dative case here? We usually say 'happy about' in English.
In Russian, reflexive verbs that express emotion, like радоваться (to be happy) and its perfective form обрадоваться, require the Dative case for the thing causing the emotion. You do not use a preposition like 'about' or 'at', you just put the cause directly into the Dative case.
Why does обрадуемся mean 'we will be happy'? Is it in the future tense?
Yes! Обрадоваться is the perfective version of радоваться. Because perfective verbs focus on a result or a completed action, their conjugated forms naturally express the future tense. So мы обрадуемся specifically means 'we will become happy' or 'we will rejoice'.
Since премия is a feminine word, why does its adjective большой look masculine here?
This is a common coincidence that trips learners up. The feminine Dative ending for most adjectives is -ой or -ей. So while большой is the standard masculine Nominative form (like большой дом), it is also the exact same spelling for the feminine Dative form matching премии.
I see повышению, which comes from повышение. Does this always mean 'promotion'?
It literally means an 'increase' or 'raising' (from the verb повышать, to raise). In a work context, it usually means a career promotion, but it can also mean an increase in something else, like повышение зарплаты (a pay raise) or повышение температуры (a rise in temperature).
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