Breakdown of Чтобы победить, вся команда должна выложиться на сто процентов.
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
должен
must, have to
сто
one hundred
процент
percent
чтобы
in order to
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone
команда
team
победить
to defeat / to win
выложиться
to give it one's all
Questions & Answers about Чтобы победить, вся команда должна выложиться на сто процентов.
How do the prefix вы- and postfix -ся work together in the word выложиться?
In this lesson's pattern, combining вы- and -ся expresses reaching a state of complete saturation or exhaustion. The root relates to placing or laying, as seen in words like положить. By adding вы- (out) and -ся (oneself), выложиться literally means to lay oneself out completely, meaning to expend all your energy or give it your absolute all.
Why is the preposition на used before сто процентов?
In Russian, when you want to specify the exact degree, measure, or extent of an action, you use the preposition на followed by the accusative case. Here, на сто процентов indicates that the effort is taken to the extent of one hundred percent.
Since a team is made up of multiple people, why is the singular word должна used instead of the plural должны?
Grammatical agreement in Russian strictly follows the grammatical gender and number of the word itself, not its logical meaning. Because команда is a feminine singular noun, the short-form adjective expressing obligation must take the feminine singular form должна.
Why do we use the infinitive победить after чтобы instead of a conjugated verb?
When expressing purpose (in order to), you use чтобы plus the infinitive if the subject of the purpose clause and the main clause is exactly the same. Since the team is both the entity that wants to win and the entity giving their all, победить remains in the infinitive.
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