Breakdown of Заказчик волнуется насчёт дедлайна.
волноваться
to worry
насчёт
regarding, about
заказчик
the client
дедлайн
the deadline
Questions & Answers about Заказчик волнуется насчёт дедлайна.
We already know о or об means about. Why use насчёт here, and how is it different?
While волнуется о дедлайне is also perfectly correct, насчёт translates more closely to regarding or concerning. It is very common in everyday and business Russian to pinpoint a specific issue. Remember that unlike о which takes the Prepositional case here, насчёт always requires the Genitive case, which is why we see дедлайна.
Is дедлайн just the English word deadline, and does it decline like a normal Russian noun?
Yes! Modern Russian corporate and business language heavily borrows from English. Because дедлайн ends in a consonant, it is adopted as a standard masculine noun. Therefore, it takes the standard masculine Genitive ending -а after насчёт, becoming дедлайна.
What is the exact difference between заказчик and клиент?
A клиент is a general customer, like someone buying goods or using a standard service. A заказчик (from the verb заказать, meaning to order) specifically refers to someone who commissions a custom project, service, or piece of work. Since there is a deadline involved for a deliverable, заказчик is the most accurate word here.
Why does the verb волнуется have the reflexive -ся ending in this sentence?
The reflexive verb волноваться means to worry or to be anxious about something yourself. If you used the non-reflexive verb волновать, it would mean to cause worry to someone else. For example, you would use the non-reflexive form to say that the deadline worries the client: Дедлайн волнует заказчика.
Learn Заказчик волнуется насчёт дедлайна and more in Russian
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free