What I was going to say was [X], not [Y]

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1. RU · Translation

   Я хотел сказать, что проблема в сроках, а не в ответственности.

   EN · English

   What SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. I HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was vPParticipleA participle used in a compound tense.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. going to vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. say HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was that SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. the issue VMain verbThe primary action or state.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. is p2PredicatePredicate detail connected to the subject.Use it to notice the detail the action points to. timing, not ownership.

   DE · German

   /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. Was SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. ich vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. sagen MModal verbA modal verb for ability, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. wollte: SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. Das Problem VMain verbThe central verb of the statement.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. liegt beim Timing, nicht bei der Zuständigkeit.

2. RU · Translation

   Я хотел сказать, что нужно сравнить два случая, а не объединять их.

   EN · English

   What SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. I HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was vPParticipleA participle used in a compound tense.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. going to vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. say HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was that SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. we MModal verbA modal verb for ability, possibility, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. should vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. compare the two cases, not vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. merge them.

   DE · German

   /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. Was SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. ich vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. sagen MModal verbA modal verb for ability, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. wollte: SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. Wir MModal verbA modal verb for ability, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. sollten /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. die beiden Fälle vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. vergleichen, nicht vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. zusammenführen.

3. RU · Translation

   Я хотел сказать, что нужно исправить причину, а не только симптом.

   EN · English

   What SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. I HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was vPParticipleA participle used in a compound tense.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. going to vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. say HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was that SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. we MModal verbA modal verb for ability, possibility, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. should vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. fix the cause, not just the symptom.

   DE · German

   /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. Was SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. ich vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. sagen MModal verbA modal verb for ability, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. wollte: SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. Wir MModal verbA modal verb for ability, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. sollten /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. die Ursache vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. beheben, nicht nur das Symptom.

4. RU · Translation

   Я хотел сказать, что нам нужен понятный ответственный, а не ещё одна встреча.

   EN · English

   What SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. I HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was vPParticipleA participle used in a compound tense.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. going to vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. say HstState helperA helper emphasizing an ongoing state.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. was that SSubjectThe main actor or receiver in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. we VMain verbThe primary action or state.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. need a clear owner, not another meeting.

   DE · German

   /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. Was SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. ich vIInfinitiveA verb in infinitive form.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. sagen MModal verbA modal verb for ability, permission or obligation.Use it to read how time, mood or form changes the verb. wollte: SSubject (Subjekt)The person or thing taking part in the sentence.Use it to find who or what the sentence is about. Wir VMain verbThe central verb of the statement.Use it to follow the action or state through the sentence. brauchen /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. eine klare Zuständigkeit, nicht noch /→AccusativeThe direct object: whom or what?Use it to notice the detail the action points to. ein Meeting.