Word
Я заполнил бланк и дал его девушке.
Meaning
I filled in the form and gave it to the young woman.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Я заполнил бланк и дал его девушке.
и
and
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
дать
to give
девушка
young woman
Questions & Answers about Я заполнил бланк и дал его девушке.
Wait, doesn't бланк mean "blank"? Why is it translated as "form"?
Бланк is a "false friend." While it sounds like the English word "blank," in Russian it specifically means a printed form or a document with spaces to fill out.
Why are the verbs заполнил and дал in the perfective aspect here?
The perfective aspect is used here to show a sequence of completed actions in the past. The speaker completely finished filling out the form first, and then handed it over.
Why does the sentence use его for the form? Doesn't that mean "his"?
Его often means "his," but here it means "it." Because бланк is a masculine noun, it is represented by the pronoun он (he/it). Since the form is the direct object being given, он changes to the accusative case, which is его.
Why is the ending of девушке different from the dictionary word девушка?
The word is in the dative case because the young woman is the recipient or indirect object of the action. When you give something to someone, feminine nouns ending in -а change their ending to -е.