Breakdown of Книга оставила такое сумасшедшее впечатление, что на моих глазах появились слёзы.
книга
book
мой
my / mine
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
глаз
eye
что
that (conjunction)
такой
such / so / what ... is
появляться
to appear
оставить
to leave behind (perfective)
слеза
the tear
сумасшедший
crazy
впечатление
the impression
Questions & Answers about Книга оставила такое сумасшедшее впечатление, что на моих глазах появились слёзы.
Why do we use такое here instead of так to say "such / so"?
Because we are modifying a noun. Такой (such) behaves like an adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies—in this case, the neuter noun впечатление (impression), so it becomes такое. If we wanted to modify an adverb or a short adjective, we would use так (so), for example: Книга была так хороша, что... (The book was so good that...).
Why does the sentence use на моих глазах (on my eyes) instead of в (in)?
When talking about tears appearing, Russian usually uses the preposition на (on) with the prepositional case. You can think of it as the tears appearing on the surface of the eyes. Saying в глазах (in the eyes) sounds unnatural in this specific context.
Why does the adjective сумасшедшее (crazy) end in -ее?
It is in the neuter nominative/accusative form to agree with впечатление. The dictionary form is сумасшедший. Because the stem ends in a husher consonant (ш), the unstressed neuter ending is spelled with -ее instead of the typical -ое.
Are both verbs in this sentence perfective?
Yes. Оставила (left) and появились (appeared) are both perfective verbs. They represent single, completed actions that produced a clear result. The book finished leaving its impression, and as a result, the tears successfully appeared.
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