Надень шарф потеплее: вечером у реки будет ветрено.

to be

Breakdown of Надень шарф потеплее: вечером у реки будет ветрено.

• у: by
• река: the river
• вечером: in the evening

Questions & Answers about Надень шарф потеплее: вечером у реки будет ветрено.

Why is it Надень, not Одень?

Because in standard Russian, надеть means to put on (something on yourself), while одеть means to dress someone else.

So:

• надеть шарф = to put on a scarf
• одеть ребёнка = to dress a child

Here the speaker is telling someone to put on a scarf, so Надень is correct.

Also, Надень is the imperative singular form of надеть, so it means Put on.

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What case is шарф in?

Шарф is in the accusative singular, because it is the direct object of Надень.

The dictionary form is шарф. Since it is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative singular looks exactly like the nominative singular:

• nominative: шарф
• accusative: шарф

So even though the form does not change, the function is accusative here.

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What does потеплее mean here?