Breakdown of По утверждении расписания оно будет висеть перед кабинетом.
оно
it
кабинет
office (private room, study)
быть
to be
расписание
schedule
висеть
to hang
перед
in front of / of (with fear) / before (in time)
по
upon / after (formal, e.g., upon arrival)
утверждение
the approval
Questions & Answers about По утверждении расписания оно будет висеть перед кабинетом.
Why is утверждении in the prepositional case here instead of the dative case that по usually takes?
When по is used to mean 'upon' or 'immediately after', it requires the prepositional case. This is a formal structure common in official contexts. If you used the dative case (по утверждению), it would mean 'according to the approval', which doesn't fit the temporal meaning of this sentence.
Why does утверждении end in -ии? Shouldn't a neuter noun in the prepositional case end in -е?
Nouns that end in -ие in the nominative case (like утверждение) are an exception. They always take -ии in the prepositional case. This is why you see -ии in many of these formal time expressions, such as по окончании (upon completion) and по прибытии (upon arrival).
Why do we use будет висеть instead of a perfective verb like повесит?
Висеть is an intransitive verb that describes the continuous state of 'hanging' or being suspended. Because the schedule will remain in that state for a while, the imperfective future is used. If you wanted to say that someone will hang the schedule up (a completed action), you would use the perfective transitive verb повесить.
What exactly does кабинетом refer to? Is it an entire office building?
No, кабинет usually refers to a single room, such as a private office, a study, or a specific subject classroom in a school. For an entire corporate office or workplace building, you would use the word офис.
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