Нужно перешить подкладку.

necessary

Breakdown of Нужно перешить подкладку.

• подкладка: the garment lining
• перешить: to alter by resewing

Questions & Answers about Нужно перешить подкладку.

Why is there no subject in Нужно перешить подкладку?

Because this is an impersonal construction.

In Russian, нужно + infinitive means something like:

• it is necessary to...
• one needs to...
• ...needs to be done

So the sentence does not have to say who exactly needs to do it.

• Нужно перешить подкладку. = The lining needs to be resewn / It’s necessary to resew the lining.

If you want to say who needs to do it, Russian often adds that person in the dative case:

• Мне нужно перешить подкладку. = I need to resew / have the lining resewn.
• Нам нужно перешить подкладку. = We need to resew / have the lining resewn.

What exactly does нужно mean here?