Breakdown of Мы заканчиваем работу быстрее.
мы
we
работа
work, job
быстро
fast, quickly
заканчивать
to finish
Questions & Answers about Мы заканчиваем работу быстрее.
How would I add a deadline like "by Friday" to this sentence using the grammar from this lesson?
You would use the preposition к followed by the Dative case form of Friday. The sentence would become: Мы заканчиваем работу быстрее к пятнице.
Why use the imperfective verb заканчиваем if the action is about completing something?
Because the action is currently in progress. Заканчиваем is in the present tense, focusing on the ongoing process ("we are finishing"). If you wanted to focus on the completed result in the future ("We will finish"), you would use the perfective verb: Мы закончим работу быстрее.
What is the base form of быстрее and how is it formed?
It comes from the adverb быстро (fast or quickly). To form the comparative degree ("faster") for most adverbs ending in -о, you drop the -о and add the suffix -ее, resulting in быстрее.
Just as a quick refresher, why does the word for "work" end in -у here?
The noun is работа, but it changes to работу because it is in the Accusative case. It acts as the direct object of the sentence—the thing that is being finished.
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