Breakdown of Мы договорились насчёт почасовой оплаты.
мы
we
договориться
to come to an agreement / to arrange
насчёт
regarding, about
почасовой
hourly
оплата
the payment
Questions & Answers about Мы договорились насчёт почасовой оплаты.
How is насчёт different from just using о (about)?
Насчёт means "regarding" or "on the subject of" and takes the Genitive case, which is why we see почасовой оплаты here. It is very similar to о + Prepositional (об оплате), but насчёт is slightly more specific to discussing a matter or business issue, and it is very common in everyday spoken Russian.
Is насчёт always spelled as one word? I feel like I've seen на счёт before.
It depends on the meaning! When used as a preposition meaning "regarding" (as it is in this sentence), it is always one word: насчёт. If you are talking about literally putting money "into an account" or "onto a bill", it is two words: на счёт (the preposition на + the Accusative noun счёт).
Why do we use договорились here instead of согласились? Both mean "agreed".
Договориться (the infinitive of договорились) specifically means to reach a mutual arrangement or make a deal after a discussion. You can see the root for "speak" (говор) inside it. Согласиться means to consent to something or to share the same opinion. Since the sentence is about settling the terms of a payment, договорились is the most natural fit.
How is the adjective почасовой formed, and why does it end in -ой here?
It is formed from the prefix по- (by/per) + the root час (hour) + the adjective suffix -ов-. It translates literally as "by the hour". Because the preposition насчёт requires the Genitive case, the feminine noun оплата (payment) becomes оплаты, and the adjective must agree by taking the feminine Genitive ending -ой, giving us почасовой оплаты.
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