Breakdown of Спокойный голос учителя придаёт мне уверенности.
учитель
the teacher
спокойный
calm
мне
me
уверенность
the confidence
Questions & Answers about Спокойный голос учителя придаёт мне уверенности.
How is this sentence put together literally?
A very literal breakdown is:
- спокойный = calm
- голос = voice
- учителя = of the teacher / the teacher’s
- придаёт = gives, adds, imparts
- мне = to me
- уверенности = confidence
So the structure is basically:
[The] calm voice of the teacher gives me confidence.
Russian does not need articles like the or a, so those are understood from context.
Does спокойный describe голос or учителя?
It describes голос.
You can tell because спокойный is:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
and it agrees with голос, which is also masculine singular nominative.
So:
- спокойный голос учителя = the teacher’s calm voice
If you wanted to say the voice of the calm teacher, you would say:
- голос спокойного учителя
There, спокойного agrees with учителя, not голос.
Why does спокойный end in -ый?