Word
Лучше поехать домой засветло: на этой дороге ночью опасно.
Meaning
It is better to go home before dark: this road is dangerous at night.
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Breakdown of Лучше поехать домой засветло: на этой дороге ночью опасно.
на
on
дорога
the road
лучше
better
этот
this
Questions & Answers about Лучше поехать домой засветло: на этой дороге ночью опасно.
Why is it лучше поехать, not лучше ехать?
Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.
- поехать is perfective, so it presents the trip as one whole action: it would be better to set off / make the trip home before dark.
- ехать is imperfective, which would sound more like the process of traveling.
In this sentence, поехать is natural because the speaker is talking about a single decision: it’s better to leave/go home before dark.
What exactly does лучше mean here?
Here лучше means it is better to... or you’d better....
It is the comparative form of хорошо (well / good), but in sentences like this it works almost like an impersonal recommendation:
- Лучше поехать домой засветло. = It’s better to go home before dark.
Russian often omits words like нам, тебе, or стоит if they are understood from context.
Why is there no subject, like we or you?