Breakdown of Наша взаимовыручка всегда спасает компанию.
наш
our
всегда
always
компания
company
спасать
to save
взаимовыручка
the mutual assistance
Questions & Answers about Наша взаимовыручка всегда спасает компанию.
How does the word взаимовыручка break down?
It is a compound noun made of the prefix взаимо- (mutual) and выручка (assistance or rescue). At this level, you will start seeing взаимо- attached to many familiar roots, such as in взаимопонимание (mutual understanding) and взаимоотношения (mutual relations).
Since this lesson is about Если бы не, how would we say 'If it weren't for our mutual assistance...' using this vocabulary?
You would say Если бы не наша взаимовыручка... Notice that the noun stays in the nominative case. Unlike English 'if it weren't for', which feels like it might need a preposition or a different case, this specific Russian structure just places the lifesaver directly in the nominative.
The verb помогать (to help) takes the dative case. Does спасать (to save) follow the same rule?
No, it does not. While both verbs involve giving aid, спасать takes a standard direct object in the accusative case. That is why the sentence uses the accusative компанию rather than the dative компании.
Why is the imperfective verb спасает used instead of the perfective спасёт?
The key trigger is the adverb всегда (always). Because the action of saving the company is habitual and regularly recurring, Russian requires the imperfective aspect спасать.
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