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Мне пора бы ложиться спать раньше, иначе утром не будет сил на тренировку.
Meaning
I should probably go to bed earlier, otherwise in the morning I will have no strength for training.
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Breakdown of Мне пора бы ложиться спать раньше, иначе утром не будет сил на тренировку.
быть
to be
не
not
на
for
мне
me
Questions & Answers about Мне пора бы ложиться спать раньше, иначе утром не будет сил на тренировку.
Why does the sentence start with мне, and why is it Мне пора instead of something like Я должен?
Мне пора is a very common Russian way to say it’s time for me or I should be going / I ought to.
- мне is in the dative case
- пора is an impersonal word meaning it’s time
So Мне пора ложиться спать literally means something like To me, it is time to go to sleep.
This is different from Я должен..., which means I must / I am obligated to... and sounds more like duty or obligation.
Compare:
- Мне пора спать. = It’s time for me to sleep.
- Я должен спать. = I am supposed to sleep / I must sleep.
In this sentence, Мне пора sounds more natural and personal: the speaker feels that it’s time they started doing this.
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