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Мы не видим перспективы, которой так ждал клиент.
Meaning
We don't see the prospect that the client was waiting for so much.
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Questions & Answers about Мы не видим перспективы, которой так ждал клиент.
Why does the first clause use перспективы instead of the Accusative перспективу?
This is the Genitive of negation. The verb видеть (to see) normally takes a direct object in the Accusative case. But when a transitive verb is negated with не, its object often drops into the Genitive case. So, the feminine noun перспектива becomes перспективы.
Why is the relative pronoun которой (that/which) in the Genitive case?
A relative pronoun matches the gender and number of the noun it refers to (the feminine singular перспектива), but its case depends on its job in its own part of the sentence. Here, it is the object of the verb ждать (to wait), which requires the Genitive case for abstract things.
Wait, doesn't the verb ждать sometimes take the Accusative case?
Yes, it does! You use the Accusative with ждать when waiting for a specific, animate person (like a sister or a friend). But when you are waiting for something abstract, inanimate, or indefinite—like a business prospect—you use the Genitive case. That is why we use the Genitive которой here.
Why is the word order ждал клиент (verb-subject) at the end of the sentence?