Breakdown of Я имею в виду, что нам нужно больше времени.
мы
we
время
time
нужно
it is necessary
иметь в виду
to bear in mind, to mean
Questions & Answers about Я имею в виду, что нам нужно больше времени.
Since the lesson is about adding 'то' before 'что', why don't we say "в виду то, что" here?
Иметь в виду is a fixed phrase acting as a single verb meaning "to mean" or "to have in mind". It connects directly to a что clause without needing the pointer word то. You treat it just like a normal verb that takes a direct clause, similar to я знаю, что.
Why use иметь в виду instead of the verb значить for "I mean"?
In Russian, значить is used when a word, sign, or situation means something (for example, asking what a vocabulary word means). When a person means to say something or has a specific intention in mind, you must use the phrase иметь в виду (literally "to have in view/mind").
Why is в виду written as two separate words, and what case is it?
It is the preposition в plus the prepositional (specifically, locative) case of вид (view, appearance), which takes the special ending -у. Be careful not to confuse it with the single word ввиду, which is a formal preposition meaning "due to".
Why does the sentence use the neuter form нужно rather than agreeing with a noun?
Нужно usually agrees with the gender of the noun that is needed. However, here you don't just need a physical object, you need a quantity (больше). When expressing the need for an action (a verb) or an amount, нужно always stays in its default neuter form.
Why does время change to времени at the end of the sentence?
Words expressing quantity, including comparatives like больше (more) or меньше (less), require the following noun to be in the genitive case. Время is a special neuter noun ending in -мя, and its genitive form adds the suffix -ен-, becoming времени.
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