Breakdown of Они договорились с менеджером об остатках товара.
они
they
о
about (о, об, обо)
с
with (also со)
менеджер
manager
договориться
to come to an agreement / to arrange
товар
goods, stock
остаток
remainder / balance
Questions & Answers about Они договорились с менеджером об остатках товара.
What cases does the verb договориться require in this sentence?
It takes the Instrumental case for the person you agree with (с менеджером) and the Prepositional case for the topic you are agreeing on (об остатках).
Why is the preposition об used instead of о?
The preposition о changes to об before words starting with a vowel sound (а, о, у, э, и). Since остатках starts with о, it requires об for smoother pronunciation.
What is the dictionary form of остатках, and why does the stem change?
The nominative singular is остаток (remainder or leftover). The final syllable contains a "fleeting vowel" (the second о), which disappears when a case ending is added. Thus, for the Prepositional plural, the stem остаток- shortens to остатк-, which then takes the plural ending -ах.
Why is товара in the Genitive singular when the English translation says plural "goods"?
In Russian, товар is frequently used as a collective noun in the singular to refer to a bulk quantity of merchandise, stock, or goods. While the plural товары does exist and is used when talking about distinct types of products, the singular is the standard way to refer to product stock as a whole.
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