Сильный ветер мешает мне идти дальше.

The strong wind prevents me from going farther.

Breakdown of Сильный ветер мешает мне идти дальше.

• мне: me
• идти: to go
• ветер: the wind
• мешать: to prevent

Questions & Answers about Сильный ветер мешает мне идти дальше.

Why is сильный used here, and why does it end in -ый?

Because сильный is an adjective describing ветер.

In Russian, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, ветер is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative case

So the adjective also takes the masculine singular nominative form:

• сильный ветер = strong wind

If the noun changed, the adjective would change too:

• сильная буря = strong storm
• сильное движение = strong movement
• сильные ветры = strong winds

Why is ветер in the nominative case?

Because ветер is the subject of the sentence — it is the thing doing the action.

The verb is мешает (hinders / interferes / prevents), and the wind is what is causing the problem:

• Сильный ветер мешает...

So ветер stays in the nominative case, which is the normal case for the subject of a sentence.

Why is мешает in this form?