No. 11,743 in Russian
задал
"Zadal" means "assigned" or "set" (past tense, masculine form).
In a sentence
Учитель задал домашнее задание на завтра.
The teacher assigned homework for tomorrow.
Here, 'задал' is used to mean 'assigned' or 'gave' in the context of setting a task for students.
Он задал трудный вопрос, на который никто не смог ответить.
He asked a difficult question that no one could answer.
In this sentence, 'задал' means 'posed' or 'asked' a question, indicating the act of directing a query to others.
Я задал направление команды к воротам.
I set the team's direction towards the goal.
Here, 'задал' is used to mean 'set' or 'determined' in the context of guiding or setting a course.
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