Breakdown of Дизайнеры заканчивают финальные макеты ко вторнику.
вторник
Tuesday
заканчивать
to finish
дизайнер
designer
к
by (a deadline)
финальный
final (adjective)
макет
layout
Questions & Answers about Дизайнеры заканчивают финальные макеты ко вторнику.
Why is the preposition ко used here instead of just к?
The word вторнику starts with the consonant cluster вт-. To make pronunciation easier, Russian adds an -о to the preposition к when the following word begins with certain consonant combinations, especially those starting with в or ф.
What case is used for вторнику?
It is in the Dative case (вторник becomes вторнику). This matches the rule for expressing a deadline, meaning 'by' a certain time or day, which requires the preposition к or ко followed by the Dative case.
If the deadline is in the future, why is the present tense verb заканчивают used instead of the future tense?
Just like in the English translation 'are finishing', the imperfective present tense can describe an ongoing process that is scheduled to hit a deadline. If the speaker wanted to state the future completion as a simple fact, they would use the perfective future verb закончат.
Why does the direct object финальные макеты look exactly like a Nominative plural noun?
It is actually in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb. For inanimate nouns in the plural, the Accusative case endings are always identical to the Nominative case endings.
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