Word
По возвращении из командировки он должен немедленно приступить к работе.
Meaning
Upon return from the business trip, he must immediately proceed to work.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of По возвращении из командировки он должен немедленно приступить к работе.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
работа
work, job
должен
must, have to (должен, должна, должны)
из
out of
Questions & Answers about По возвращении из командировки он должен немедленно приступить к работе.
Why is it возвращении and not возвращению? Isn't по usually followed by the Dative case?
While по usually takes the Dative case (like in гулять по городу), in formal contexts meaning 'upon' or 'immediately after,' it takes the Prepositional case. Since возвращение (return) is a neuter noun ending in -ие, its Prepositional case ending is -ии. This gives us по возвращении (upon return).
Can I use после возвращения instead of по возвращении here?
Yes, после возвращения (Genitive case) means exactly the same thing and is much more common in everyday speech. По возвращении is a formal, slightly bureaucratic construction, which is why it fits perfectly here with the professional context of a business trip and official duties.
Why do we use из командировки rather than с командировки?
The choice of preposition for returning 'from' somewhere depends on what you use for going 'to' that place. Because you go в командировку (using в), you must return из it. If you were returning from a destination that takes на (like на работу), you would use с (e.g., с работы).
Why use приступить к instead of just saying начать работу?