Breakdown of Лучше выйти из дома пораньше, чтобы доехать без спешки.
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Лучше + infinitive is a very common Russian way to give advice or say what is preferable.
So Лучше выйти из дома пораньше... means something like It’s better to leave home earlier...
This structure is:
- impersonal
- natural in everyday speech
- often used when no subject is stated explicitly
You can also make the person explicit:
- Тебе лучше выйти из дома пораньше. = You’d better leave home earlier.
- Вам лучше выйти из дома пораньше. = You’d better leave home earlier. (formal/plural)
It is softer than a direct command.
Выйти is the perfective form, while выходить is imperfective.
Here, the speaker is talking about one complete action: leaving the house on a particular occasion. That is why выйти is the natural choice.
- выйти = to go out, to leave, as a completed action
- выходить = to be going out / to go out regularly / in a general or repeated sense
In this sentence, the idea is:
- leave once
- then arrive without rushing
So the completed action fits best.