Breakdown of Что вы решили насчёт нескольких проектов?
вы
you (plural or formal)
что
what
проект
the project
решить
to decide (perfective)
несколько
several
насчёт
regarding, about
Questions & Answers about Что вы решили насчёт нескольких проектов?
What is the difference between using насчёт and о (about) in this sentence?
Насчёт means 'regarding' or 'concerning' and sounds a bit more specific or business-like than the general preposition о. While you could say о нескольких проектах (using the prepositional case), насчёт focuses directly on the matter to be resolved. Remember that насчёт always requires the genitive case.
Why does несколько change to нескольких here?
The preposition насчёт forces the following phrase into the genitive case. While несколько (several) might look like an unchangeable quantity word, it actually declines like a plural adjective in all oblique cases (everything except nominative and inanimate accusative). So, in the genitive case, it becomes нескольких.
Why are both words in нескольких проектов in the genitive plural, instead of the usual rule for numbers?
When a quantity word like несколько is in the nominative or accusative, it forces the following noun into the genitive plural (e.g., вижу несколько проектов). However, when a preposition like насчёт forces the whole phrase into a different case, the quantity word and the noun must agree. Because насчёт takes the genitive, both words are put into the genitive plural: нескольких проектов.
Could I use the imperfective verb решали instead of the perfective решили?
You could, but it would change the meaning. Using the perfective решили asks for the final result of the action: 'What have you decided?' or 'What did you decide?'. If you used the imperfective решали, you would be asking about the ongoing process: 'What were you deciding?' or 'What were you trying to decide?'.
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