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его усыновили

he was adopted

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he was adopted Literally, “him adopted”; Russian uses an impersonal construction where English uses the passive voice.
RU: Его усыновили, когда он был младенцем.
EN: He was adopted when he was a baby.

Том не знает, что его усыновили.

Tom doesn't know that he was adopted.

Том всем рассказал, что его усыновили.

Tom told everyone that he was adopted.

Его усыновили.

He was adopted.

Том родился в Китае, и в возрасте трех лет его усыновили в США.

Tom was born in China and was adopted by a family in the United States at the age of three.