Мені жарко вдома.

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Breakdown of Мені жарко вдома.

• вдома: at home
• жарко: hot

Questions & Answers about Мені жарко вдома.

Why is it Мені and not Я at the start of the sentence?

In Ukrainian, feelings like being hot, cold, hungry, etc. are often expressed with the dative case, not with я (nominative).
Мені is the dative form of я and literally means “to me / for me.”

So Мені жарко is more like “It is hot to me” rather than “I am hot.”
This is a very common impersonal pattern:

• Мені холодно. – I’m cold.
• Тобі сумно. – You feel sad.
• Йому страшно. – He is scared.

What case is Мені, and when do I use it?

Мені is the dative case of я. The dative often marks the experiencer of a feeling or a state – the person who is affected by something.

You use the dative in patterns like:

• Мені жарко. – I’m hot.
• Мені холодно. – I’m cold.
• Мені нудно. – I’m bored.
• Мені цікаво. – I’m interested / It’s interesting to me.

So anytime you’re saying “It is X for me” (X = hot, cold, sad, etc.), you’ll likely use мені instead of я.

Where is the verb “to be”? Why is there no verb in Мені жарко вдома?