Breakdown of Сестри не люблять сваритися через такі речі і зазвичай миряться того ж дня.
Questions & Answers about Сестри не люблять сваритися через такі речі і зазвичай миряться того ж дня.
Why is сестри used here instead of сестра, and why do the verbs end in -ть / -ться?
Сестри is the nominative plural form of сестра, so it means sisters.
Because the subject is plural, the verbs also have to be plural:
- люблять = they love / they like
- миряться = they make up / reconcile
If the subject were singular, you would say:
- Сестра не любить...
- ...і зазвичай мириться...
So this is basic subject-verb agreement.
Why is сваритися in the infinitive after не люблять?
After любити and many other verbs, Ukrainian often uses the infinitive to express liking or not liking an action.
So:
- любити читати = to like reading
- любити співати = to like singing
- не люблять сваритися = they do not like quarreling / to quarrel
This is very similar to English like doing or like to do.
What does сваритися mean exactly, and why does it end in -ся?
Сваритися means to quarrel, argue, have a fight.
The ending -ся is a reflexive marker, but in many verbs it does not literally mean oneself. In this verb, it is simply part of the standard dictionary form.
With a plural subject like сестри, сваритися often has a reciprocal sense:
- Сестри сваряться = the sisters quarrel with each other
So here -ся helps form the normal verb сваритися, which commonly describes mutual arguing.
Why does the sentence use через такі речі? What does через mean here?
Here через means because of, over, or on account of.
So:
- сваритися через такі речі = to quarrel over such things
This is a very common use of через.
It also takes the accusative case. That is why we get:
- такі речі
Because речі is an inanimate plural noun, its accusative plural looks the same as the nominative plural.
Compare:
- такі речі = such things
- через такі речі = over such things
Why is it такі речі and not some other form?
The noun річ means thing.
Its plural is:
- речі = things
The adjective такий has to agree with речі, so in the plural it becomes:
- такі = such
Together:
- такі речі = such things
After через, the phrase is in the accusative plural, but since речі is inanimate, the form stays the same as nominative plural.
What does зазвичай do in the sentence, and can it go in a different place?
Зазвичай means usually.
It shows that the sentence describes a habit or typical behavior, not a one-time event.
The placement here is natural:
- ...і зазвичай миряться того ж дня.
Ukrainian word order is flexible, so you could move зазвичай for slightly different emphasis:
- Сестри зазвичай не люблять сваритися...
- ...і миряться зазвичай того ж дня.
But the original version sounds neutral and natural.
What does миряться mean here, and why is there no phrase like with each other?
Миритися here means to make peace, to reconcile, or to make up.
With a plural subject, Ukrainian often leaves with each other unstated because it is already clear from context:
- Сестри миряться = the sisters make up
If you wanted to be more explicit, you could say something like:
- миряться одна з одною
- миряться між собою
Also note that миритися can have another meaning in other contexts:
- миритися з чимось = to put up with something / accept something
But in this sentence, it clearly means reconcile.
Why does it say того ж дня? What does ж mean?
Того ж дня means that same day or later the same day.
This is a common Ukrainian time expression. The word ж is a short unstressed particle, basically a reduced form of же. In this pattern, it adds the sense of same or that very.
So:
- того дня = that day
- того ж дня = that same day
You can think of ж here as adding emphasis: the very same day.
A similar English idea would be:
- on that very day
- the same day
Why are сваритися and миряться imperfective? Why not посваритися and помиритися?
The sentence describes something that happens habitually or typically, especially because of зазвичай.
For repeated, general, or ongoing actions, Ukrainian normally uses the imperfective aspect:
- сваритися = to quarrel, in a general/repeated sense
- миритися = to make up, in a general/repeated sense
Perfective forms like посваритися and помиритися are more about a completed event.
Compare:
Сестри не люблять сваритися... і зазвичай миряться того ж дня.
= general habitСестри посварилися, але того ж дня помирилися.
= one specific completed event
So the imperfective is the right choice here because the sentence is about what they are generally like.
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