Breakdown of Пишут, что весь гонорар она перевела в благотворительный фонд.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
писать
to write
в
in / to (direction)
что
that (conjunction)
благотворительный
charitable
фонд
the foundation
перевести
to transfer (perfective)
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone
гонорар
the fee
Questions & Answers about Пишут, что весь гонорар она перевела в благотворительный фонд.
Why is there no они before Пишут in this sentence?
This is an indefinite-personal clause. By leaving out они, the verb Пишут acts as a general statement like 'It is written,' 'The news says,' or 'People write.' If you added они, it would mean a specific group of people you just talked about wrote it, rather than expressing a general media report.
In the second part of the sentence, why does the object весь гонорар come before the subject она?
Russian uses flexible word order for emphasis and flow. Placing весь гонорар (the whole fee) at the start of the clause makes it the topic of conversation. This allows the sentence to build up to the newest and most important information at the very end: the destination (в благотворительный фонд).
Why is в благотворительный фонд in the Accusative case instead of the Dative case, since she is giving money 'to' it?
When you transfer money to an organization, fund, or bank account, Russian treats it as a spatial destination, requiring в or на plus the Accusative case. You would only use the Dative case (without a preposition) if you were transferring funds directly to a person, such as перевела другу (transferred to a friend).
What is the infinitive of перевела and what else can this verb mean?
The perfective infinitive is перевести. While here it means 'to transfer' money, its most common meaning for language learners is 'to translate.' The core idea of the verb is leading or moving something across from one place, state, or language to another.
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