Word
Она смирилась с тем, что он уехал навсегда.
Meaning
She came to terms with the fact that he left forever.
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Breakdown of Она смирилась с тем, что он уехал навсегда.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
что
that (conjunction)
с
with (also со)
Questions & Answers about Она смирилась с тем, что он уехал навсегда.
Why do we need с тем here instead of just jumping straight to что?
In Russian, you can't attach a preposition directly to что when introducing a new clause. Because the verb смириться (to come to terms) requires the preposition с plus the Instrumental case, we use the pronoun то as a bridge. We put то in the Instrumental case (тем) after с, and then follow it with что.
Is the verb смирилась related to the word for peace (мир)?
Yes, it is! The root of смириться is indeed мир (peace). When you come to terms with a difficult fact, you are literally 'making peace' with it. Here it is used in the perfective aspect because she has completed the action of accepting it.
Could we use ушёл instead of уехал here?
You would use ушёл if he walked away on foot. By using уехал, the sentence specifically tells us that he departed using some form of transport (like a car, train, or plane), which is the standard way to talk about someone moving away or leaving a city for good.
Why is there a comma before что but not before с тем?
In Russian, subordinate clauses must always be separated from the main clause by a comma. The boundary between the main idea (she came to terms with it) and the subordinate idea (he left forever) happens right before что. The phrase с тем belongs to the main clause as the object of her acceptance.