Breakdown of Мы посмотрели последнюю серию вчера.
мы
we
вчера
yesterday
посмотреть
to watch (perfective) / to look at (perfective)
последний
last
серия
the series; the episode (f)
Questions & Answers about Мы посмотрели последнюю серию вчера.
Why does the translation say "episode" instead of "series" for серию?
In Russian, серия refers to a single episode of a TV show. The show itself (the entire series) is called a сериал. This is a very common false friend for English speakers!
Why use the perfective verb посмотрели here instead of the imperfective смотрели?
The perfective посмотрели is used because the action was completely finished. It emphasizes the result: you watched the whole episode from start to finish. If you used смотрели, it would focus on the process, meaning you spent time watching it yesterday but might not have finished it.
Why do последнюю and серию end with the letter -ю?
They are in the accusative case because they are the direct object of the verb (they are the thing being watched). The dictionary form is последняя серия (feminine). In the accusative case, feminine nouns ending in -я change to -ю, and their matching adjectives ending in -яя change to -юю.
Can I move the word вчера to the beginning of the sentence?
Absolutely. Russian word order is flexible, so Вчера мы посмотрели последнюю серию is perfectly natural. Putting вчера at the end of the sentence simply places a bit more emphasis on the fact that it happened yesterday.
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