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Why is it в воскресенье? What case is воскресенье here?
Here в воскресенье means on Sunday.
With days of the week, Russian often uses в + the form used for time expressions meaning on a certain day. With воскресенье, the form воскресенье looks the same in several cases, so the spelling does not change.
For a learner, the most useful thing is simply:
- в воскресенье = on Sunday
- compare:
- в понедельник = on Monday
- в среду = on Wednesday
So this is a standard way to say on Sunday.
Why is it мне, not я?
Because the phrase хочется works with the dative case, not with a normal nominative subject.
So Russian says:
- мне хочется = I feel like..., literally something like to me, it feels wanted
- тебе хочется = you feel like...
- ему хочется = he feels like...
That is why you get мне, the dative form of я.
What does мне не хочется mean exactly? Is it the same as я не хочу?