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Мне тоже хочется немного тишины вечером.
Meaning
I also feel like having a bit of silence in the evening.
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Breakdown of Мне тоже хочется немного тишины вечером.
мне
me
вечером
in the evening
немного
a bit
тишина
the silence
Questions & Answers about Мне тоже хочется немного тишины вечером.
Why does the sentence start with Мне and not Я?
Because хочется is used in an impersonal construction. Instead of я хочу (I want), Russian often says мне хочется (literally: to me it is desired / I feel like).
So Мне is the dative case, marking the experiencer (the person who has the feeling/want).
What exactly is хочется and how is it different from хочу?
- хочется = an impersonal form meaning feel like / have an urge / would like (more about a feeling, softer and less direct).
- хочу = 1st person singular of хотеть meaning I want (more direct, more “decision-like”).
Compare:
- Я хочу тишины = I want quiet (more straightforward).
- Мне хочется тишины = I feel like some quiet (more “mood/need”).
Why is there no subject-verb agreement (no я + verb in 1st person)?
Because хочется doesn’t agree with a grammatical subject here. It’s an impersonal predicate: the verb stays in 3rd person singular (хочется) and the person is shown with the dative (мне, тебе, ему, etc.).