Breakdown of Когда приложение обновится, ты сможешь включать свет одним нажатием кнопки.
когда
when
ты
you
смочь
to be able
кнопка
the button
Questions & Answers about Когда приложение обновится, ты сможешь включать свет одним нажатием кнопки.
What is the role of the suffix -ся in обновится and what does the verb mean here?
The suffix -ся makes обновиться a reflexive verb, meaning “to update itself” or “to get updated.” It’s in the perfective aspect, so приложение обновится means “the app will finish updating.”
Why is a perfective verb used in the clause introduced by Когда?
In Russian, when you refer to a future action in a Когда-clause that must be completed before the main clause, you typically use the perfective aspect. That shows the update happens fully before you can do anything else.
Why is there a comma before ты сможешь?
Whenever a subordinate clause (here introduced by Когда) comes before the main clause, Russian punctuation requires a comma to separate them.
Why is включать in the imperfective, instead of the perfective включить?
With the verb смочь, using the imperfective infinitive включать expresses an ability to perform the action repeatedly or habitually (“be able to turn on”). If you used the perfective включить, it would mean “manage to turn on (once).”
What case is одним нажатием, and why is it used here?