Breakdown of Музыкант наслушался музыки, которая играла на сцене.
музыка
music
играть
to play
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
музыкант
musician
который
which / who / that (relative pronoun)
сцена
stage
наслушаться
to listen to one's fill
Questions & Answers about Музыкант наслушался музыки, которая играла на сцене.
How does the combination of на- and -ся change the meaning of слушать in this sentence?
This combination creates a verb of satiation. It means to do an action until you are completely full or satisfied. Here, наслушался means the musician listened to the music to his heart's content.
Why is музыка in the genitive case (музыки) here? Usually, listening takes the accusative.
Verbs that express satiation using the на-...-ся pattern require their object to be in the genitive case. You can think of it as a partitive genitive, meaning he consumed a 'full amount' of the music.
The translation says 'to his heart's content,' but could наслушался mean he was sick of the music?
Yes! Depending on the broader context and tone of voice, на-...-ся satiation verbs can also have a negative connotation, meaning you did something so much that you are now completely sick and tired of it (like 'he had heard quite enough').
Is the verb наслушался perfective or imperfective?
It is perfective. Adding the на-...-ся structure to denote satiation generally makes the verb perfective, because it describes an action that has reached its logical limit or completion (the point of being full).
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