Я хочу записать новую песню.

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Breakdown of Я хочу записать новую песню.

• новый: new
• песня: the song
• хотеть: to want

Questions & Answers about Я хочу записать новую песню.

What role does хочу play, and why is it followed by an infinitive verb here?

хочу is the 1st-person singular present of хотеть (“to want”). In Russian, verbs of desire (хотеть, любить, уметь, etc.) are followed directly by an infinitive. So Я хочу записать literally means “I want to record.”

Why is записать in the infinitive form, and how does aspect work here?

записать is the perfective infinitive of записывать. Perfective verbs describe a single, complete action. After хочу, you choose between perfective (записать) for “to record once/to completion” and imperfective (записывать) for “to be recording/record repeatedly.” Here, perfective is most natural: “I want to record a new song (one time).”

What case is новую песню, and how do its endings change from the nominative?

песня is feminine. As a direct object, it takes the accusative case. For inanimate feminine nouns ending in -я, the accusative ending is -ю:
– Nominative: песня
– Accusative: песню
Adjectives agree in gender, number, and case:
– Nom. fem.: новая
– Acc. fem.: новую

Where do the word stresses fall in “Я хочу записать новую песню”?

я хoчУ записа́ть нOвую пEсню
(ho-CHU za-pi-SAT NO-vu-yu PE-snyu)