Word
Ты не можешь отдыхать каждый день.
Meaning
You cannot relax every day.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Ты не можешь отдыхать каждый день.
What does the verb можешь mean in this sentence?
Можешь is the 2nd person singular present form of мочь (“to be able to” or “can”). Here Ты не можешь literally means “You cannot” or “You’re not able to.”
Why is не placed before можешь?
In Russian, the negative particle не generally precedes the verb it negates. So не можешь means “cannot” or “can’t.”
Why is отдыхать in the infinitive form?
After modal verbs like мочь you always use another verb in the infinitive. So можешь отдыхать = “you can rest.”
What case is каждый день, and why isn’t there a preposition?
Каждый день is a time expression in the accusative case used adverbially (no preposition needed). It literally means “every day.”
Why aren’t there articles before день (like “the” or “a”)?
Russian has no articles. Words like каждый already carry definiteness (“every”), so you simply say каждый день.