Breakdown of Директор принял меры против шума.
директор
director
шум
noise
против
against
принимать меры
to take measures
Questions & Answers about Директор принял меры против шума.
Since we are learning to substitute simple verbs with noun-verb collocations, is there a simple one-word verb for принять меры?
Unlike many other formal predicates (like оказывать влияние which replaces влиять), принять меры does not have a direct one-word equivalent that means exactly the same thing. You would have to specify the exact action or use a broader verb like отреагировать (to react). This makes принять меры an essential set phrase to memorize.
We translate this as 'took measures'. Why can we not use the verb взял (from взять, to take)?
In formal analytical predicates (light verb constructions), verbs often do not translate literally. Russian pairs меры (measures) with принимать/принять (which typically means to accept or receive). Saying взять меры sounds just as wrong to a Russian speaker as saying 'made a measure' would to an English speaker.
What case is шума and why?
It is in the genitive case because it comes directly after the preposition против (against). The preposition против always requires the genitive case, so the masculine noun шум takes the -а ending.
What is the imperfective equivalent of принял меры if I want to say the director regularly takes measures?
You would use принимает меры for the present tense, or принимал меры for the past. The imperfective light verb принимать pairs with меры for ongoing or habitual actions, while the perfective принять is used in this sentence because the action was a single, completed event.
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