Breakdown of Вы можете отправить заявку за день до отъезда.
день
day
вы
you (plural or formal)
отправить
to send (perfective)
мочь
to be able to
отъезд
departure
до
before, until
за ... до
before (as in "an hour before the flight")
заявка
application
Questions & Answers about Вы можете отправить заявку за день до отъезда.
How do we form "a day before the departure" in this sentence?
This sentence uses the exact structure from our current lesson: за + Accusative case for the amount of time (день) + до + Genitive case for the event (отъезда). Together, за день до means "one day before."
Why doesn't the word день change its ending after the preposition за?
The preposition за in this time expression requires the Accusative case. Because день (day) is a masculine inanimate noun, its Accusative form is identical to its Nominative (dictionary) form.
What case is отъезда in, and what is its dictionary form?
It is in the Genitive case, which is required by the preposition до (before/until). The dictionary form is отъезд (departure), and as a masculine noun ending in a consonant, it takes the ending -а in the Genitive.
Why is the perfective verb отправить used here instead of the imperfective отправлять?
We use the perfective aspect because the sentence talks about completing a single, specific action with a result (successfully sending this one application), rather than an ongoing, repeated, or habitual process.
Why is the word for application written as заявку?
The dictionary form is заявка (a feminine noun meaning application or request). It changes to заявку because it is the direct object of the verb отправить (to send), which puts it in the Accusative case.
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