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После хорошей новости мне стало радостно.
Meaning
After good news, I felt joyful.
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Questions & Answers about После хорошей новости мне стало радостно.
Why is после хорошей новости in the genitive case?
The preposition после always governs the genitive. Here новости is the genitive singular of новость (feminine), and хорошей is its matching genitive singular form of хорошая.
Why is мне in the dative case?
This is an impersonal construction expressing a feeling or state. In Russian, the experiencer is put in the dative with impersonal verbs or predicates: e.g. мне холодно, мне больно, мне приятно. мне стало радостно literally means “it became joyful to me.”
What role does стало play, and why is it in the past tense?
стало is the past tense form of the perfective verb стать (to become). It indicates that the change of state happened at a specific moment. Perfective verbs like стать have only past and future forms, no present tense.
Is радостно an adverb or an adjective here?
Functionally, радостно is a predicative adverb (sometimes called a short neuter adjective form). In impersonal sentences it expresses the resultant state or feeling after стало, rather than modifying another verb.
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