Word
По завершении проверки начинается выдача паспортов.
Meaning
Upon completion of the check, the issuance of passports begins.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of По завершении проверки начинается выдача паспортов.
паспорт
passport
начинаться
to begin (of an event)
проверка
check, inspection
по
upon / after (formal, e.g., upon arrival)
Questions & Answers about По завершении проверки начинается выдача паспортов.
Why does завершении end in -ии instead of the standard prepositional -е?
The preposition по meaning 'upon' or 'immediately after' requires the Prepositional case. Nouns ending in -ие (like завершение) always take -ии in the Prepositional case. This is a common stumbling block for learners, but very important to remember for these formal 'по' phrases.
Could I just say после завершения instead of по завершении?
Yes, после завершения means the same thing and is what you would use in everyday speech. The structure по + Prepositional is highly formal and bureaucratic, typically reserved for official documents, news, or rigid announcements.
Why is проверки in the Genitive case here?
It links the two nouns together, translating to 'completion OF the check'. When a verbal noun like завершение (completion) is followed by the thing being completed, that second noun takes the Genitive case.
Why do we use the reflexive verb начинается rather than начинает?
Because the action is intransitive here: the issuance (выдача) is beginning as a spontaneous event or process. If a specific person or organization were actively starting the issuance (a transitive action with a direct object), you would use the non-reflexive начинает.