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Questions & Answers about Он ненавидит ждать.
Why is ждать in the infinitive here?
Because after ненавидит (hates), Russian can use an infinitive to express what someone hates doing.
So:
- Он ненавидит ждать. = He hates waiting / He hates to wait
Here, ждать means to wait, not is waiting. The whole infinitive phrase ждать functions like the object of ненавидит.
Why is it ненавидит, not ненавидеть?
Ненавидеть is the dictionary form, meaning to hate.
In the sentence, we need the form that matches он (he), so the verb must be conjugated:
- я ненавижу = I hate
- ты ненавидишь = you hate
- он/она ненавидит = he/she hates
- мы ненавидим = we hate
- вы ненавидите = you hate
- они ненавидят = they hate
So он ненавидит means he hates.
Why does Russian use ждать and not a noun like waiting?