Breakdown of Она не хочет мириться с мужем.
не
not
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
хотеть
to want
муж
husband
с
with (also со)
мириться
to make up / to reconcile
Questions & Answers about Она не хочет мириться с мужем.
What does the -ся ending on мириться do in this sentence?
It makes the verb reciprocal, meaning an action done with or to each other. While мирить means "to reconcile" (like making two other people stop arguing), adding -ся gives us мириться: "to make up with someone" yourself.
Why do we need the preposition с before мужем? Doesn't the Instrumental case already mean "with"?
The bare Instrumental case means "with" only when referring to a tool or instrument (like eating with a fork). When doing an action together with a person—which is exactly what reciprocal verbs like мириться describe—you must use the preposition с followed by the Instrumental case.
Why does мужем end in -ем instead of the standard masculine Instrumental ending -ом?
This happens because of a Russian spelling rule. After "hushing" letters like ж, the Instrumental ending is -ом only if the ending is stressed. Since the stress in мужем is on the first syllable (the у), the unstressed ending must be spelled with an е.
Why isn't the verb мириться conjugated to match "she"?
It directly follows the conjugated verb хочет (wants). Just like in English ("she wants to make up"), when you have two verbs linked like this, the second verb stays in the infinitive (dictionary) form.
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