Breakdown of Никто не завидует твоей победе.
не
not
твой
your [informal] (твой, твоя, твоё)
никто
nobody
победа
victory
завидовать
to envy
Questions & Answers about Никто не завидует твоей победе.
Why is твоей победе in the Dative case here?
The verb завидовать (to envy) is an emotion verb that requires the Dative case for the person or thing being envied. Just like the reflexive emotion verbs you are learning, you can think of it as directing a feeling (envy) towards a target.
Why does завидует have a -у- in it when the infinitive is завидовать?
This is a standard rule for verbs ending in -овать. When conjugating them, you drop the -ова- and replace it with -у- before adding the standard endings. So завидовать becomes завиду- plus the ending -ет.
Why do we need не if we already have Никто (no one)?
Russian requires a double negative! Whenever you use a negative pronoun like Никто (no one) or Никогда (never), you must also put не right before the verb. A literal translation would be 'No one does not envy'.
How do I know твоей победе is feminine?
The base (Nominative) form of the noun is победа (victory), which ends in -а, making it feminine. In the Dative case, the feminine possessive pronoun твоя changes to твоей, and the noun ending -а changes to -е.
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