Questions & Answers about Постоянный шум мешает мне работать.
Why is мне used instead of я?
Because мешать requires the person affected to be in the dative case, not the nominative.
So:
- я = I (subject form)
- мне = to me / for me
Russian structures this idea more like:
- Constant noise interferes with me working
- literally: Constant noise hinders to me to work
That is why мне is correct here.
What case is Постоянный шум, and why?
Постоянный шум is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing doing the action of мешает.
Breakdown:
- постоянный = constant
- шум = noise
- мешает = interferes / prevents / bothers
So постоянный шум is the thing that мешает.
Why does мешает end in -ет?