Breakdown of Независимая женщина живёт одна, и ей никогда не скучно.
и
and
не
not
женщина
woman
жить
to live
ей
to her
никогда
never
скучно
bored / boring
один
alone
независимый
independent
Questions & Answers about Независимая женщина живёт одна, и ей никогда не скучно.
Why do we use одна for 'alone' here, and why does it have an -а ending?
In Russian, the concept of 'alone' is expressed using the word for 'one' (один). It acts like an adjective, meaning it has to agree in gender, number, and case with the person who is alone. Because женщина is a feminine noun in the nominative case, we use the feminine nominative form, одна.
Why is the second part of the sentence ей ... скучно instead of using она?
This uses an impersonal construction. In Russian, to say how someone feels physically or mentally (like being bored, cold, or having fun), you use a 'state word' like скучно. The person experiencing the feeling must be in the dative case. Therefore, the nominative она (she) changes to the dative ей (to her).
Why are there two negative words (никогда and не) next to each other?
Russian uses strict double negatives. Whenever you use a negative word like никогда (never), никто (nobody), or никуда (nowhere), you must also include не before the verb or the state word. You cannot say ей никогда скучно; the не is mandatory.
Is the word независимая related to a verb?
Yes! It comes from the verb зависеть (to depend). The prefix не- adds 'not,' and the ending turns it into an adjective. So, независимая literally translates to 'non-depending' or 'independent.'
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