Word
В кресле удобно читать вечером.
Meaning
It is comfortable to read in the armchair in the evening.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about В кресле удобно читать вечером.
Why is there no subject in this sentence?
Russian often uses impersonal constructions to express general conditions. Here удобно is an impersonal predicate and читать is the infinitive describing the action. No explicit subject is needed to convey that reading is comfortable.
What part of speech is удобно and how does it function here?
удобно is an impersonal predicative adverb (a neuter singular form of an adjective used as a predicate). It expresses a general feeling or condition and pairs naturally with an infinitive.
Why is читать in the infinitive?
In impersonal sentences the infinitive acts as the logical subject or the thing being evaluated. Here читать refers to the activity that is comfortable.
Why is в кресле in the prepositional case with в? Why not в кресло?
в кресле describes static location (where one sits), which requires the prepositional case after в. в кресло would be accusative, implying movement into the armchair.
Why do we use в кресле instead of на кресле?