Я могу бесконечно слушать музыку.

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Breakdown of Я могу бесконечно слушать музыку.

• музыка: the music
• слушать: to listen
• мочь: to be able

Questions & Answers about Я могу бесконечно слушать музыку.

What is the word‑for‑word structure of Я могу бесконечно слушать музыку?

Roughly word‑for‑word, it is:

• Я – I
• могу – can / am able (1st person singular of мочь)
• бесконечно – endlessly, infinitely (adverb)
• слушать – to listen (infinitive)
• музыку – music (accusative case, direct object)

So the structure is: I + can + endlessly + listen + (to) music.

In Russian this word order is natural: modal verb (могу) → adverb (бесконечно) → infinitive (слушать) → object (музыку).

Why is it музыку and not музыка?

Музыка is the nominative form (the subject form of the noun).
In this sentence, music is the direct object of слушать (to listen to), so Russian requires the accusative case:

• Nominative: музыка – music (as the subject)
• Accusative: музыку – music (as the object)

The verb слушать always takes its object in the accusative:

• слушать радио – to listen to the radio
• слушать подкаст – to listen to a podcast
• слушать музыку – to listen to music

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