Breakdown of Мы и приняли условия, и подписали договор.
и
and
мы
we
договор
contract / treaty
подписать
to sign
условие
condition (requirement, term)
принять
to accept (pf) / to make (a decision)
Questions & Answers about Мы и приняли условия, и подписали договор.
Why does the first и come right before the verb приняли?
When using the double conjunction и ... и (both ... and), the first и is placed immediately before the first item being connected. Here, the sentence links two actions, so the first и goes right before приняли (accepted) and the second и goes before подписали (signed).
I thought we normally don't put a comma before и. Why is there one here?
You are right that a single и connecting two verbs doesn't normally take a comma. However, when you use a repeating conjunction like и ... и (both ... and) or или ... или (either ... or), Russian punctuation rules strictly require a comma before the second conjunction.
What case is условия here, and why does it end in -я?
It is in the accusative case, plural, because it is the direct object being accepted. The dictionary form is условие (a neuter noun). For inanimate neuter nouns, the accusative plural looks exactly the same as the nominative plural, which changes the final -е to -я.
Why are the verbs приняли and подписали in the perfective aspect?
Using the perfective aspect shows that these actions were successfully completed with a final result. If you used the imperfective forms (принимали and подписывали), it would imply you were merely in the process of doing these things or did them repeatedly, rather than focusing on the done deal.
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