Breakdown of Все услуги оплачены заранее благодаря нашему директору.
наш
our
директор
director
заранее
in advance
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone
Questions & Answers about Все услуги оплачены заранее благодаря нашему директору.
How does the short-form participle оплачены work in this sentence?
It functions as a passive verb meaning "are paid" or "have been paid". It comes from the perfective verb оплатить (to pay for). In Russian, we use short-form past passive participles like this to focus on the result of a completed action that was done to the subject (услуги).
Why does оплачены end in -ы?
Short-form participles change their endings to match the gender and number of the subject, just like short adjectives. Since услуги (services) is plural, we use the plural ending -ы. If the subject were a single masculine noun, like счёт (bill), the form would be оплачен.
Why is "our director" in the dative case (нашему директору)?
The preposition благодаря (thanks to) always requires the dative case. It is helpful to remember that it conveys giving thanks to someone. Even though the related verb благодарить (to thank) takes the accusative case, this prepositional form strictly takes the dative.
Could I use рано instead of заранее here?
Not quite! While both relate to time, рано simply means "early" (like waking up early in the morning). заранее specifically means "in advance" or "ahead of time"—doing something before a deadline or a future event, which fits perfectly when talking about paying for services.