Мне удобнее читать книгу дома.

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Breakdown of Мне удобнее читать книгу дома.

• читать: to read
• дома: at home
• мне: me

Questions & Answers about Мне удобнее читать книгу дома.

Why is it «Мне удобнее…» and not «Я удобнее…»?

Russian often uses an impersonal construction with the dative case to talk about how someone feels or what is convenient for them.

• Мне удобнее… literally: “To me it is more convenient…”
• Мне = “to me” (dative of я)
• There is no explicit subject like “it”; Russian just says “To me is more-convenient to read a book at home.”

You cannot say «Я удобнее читать книгу дома» – that’s ungrammatical.
To express this idea personally, you’d choose another verb, e.g.:

• Я предпочитаю читать книгу дома. – I prefer to read the book at home.

But if you keep удобнее, you must use this dative + impersonal pattern: Мне удобнее + infinitive.

What exactly is «удобнее» grammatically? Is it an adjective or an adverb?