На работе мне полезно делать перерывчик каждый час.

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Breakdown of На работе мне полезно делать перерывчик каждый час.

• каждый: every
• работа: the work
• мне: me

Questions & Answers about На работе мне полезно делать перерывчик каждый час.

Why is it на работе and not в работе?

In Russian, на работе is the standard way to say “at work / at my workplace.”

• на работе = at the workplace (location)
• в работе is rare and usually means “in the process of some work / in terms of the work itself”, e.g. ошибка в работе “an error in the work.”

So to say “At work it’s helpful for me…”, you almost always use на работе.

What case is работе in, and why?

Работе is in the prepositional case (основная форма: работа).

The preposition на + prepositional case is used to describe being on/at some place or activity:

• на работе – at work
• на уроке – in class
• на вечеринке – at a party

So на + работе (prepositional) answers “where?” – где?

What does мне полезно literally mean, and why is мне in the dative?