Breakdown of Судя по её интонации и манере говорить, она вряд ли согласится.
и
and
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
говорить
to speak, to talk
согласиться
to agree (perfective)
вряд ли
hardly / unlikely
её
her (possessive)
судя по
judging by
интонация
intonation
манера
manner
Questions & Answers about Судя по её интонации и манере говорить, она вряд ли согласится.
How does the grammar of судя по affect интонации and манере?
The phrase судя по requires the Dative case. For feminine nouns ending in -ия like интонация, the Dative ending is -ии. For standard feminine nouns ending in -а like манера, the ending changes to -е.
Is судя a verb that needs to be conjugated to match the subject?
No, it is completely frozen here. Grammatically, судя is a verbal adverb (also called an adverbial participle or деепричастие) formed from судить (to judge). However, the set phrase судя по acts exactly like a fixed preposition meaning "judging by".
Why is the infinitive verb говорить placed directly after the noun манере without a preposition?
In Russian, infinitives can act as noun modifiers without needing any linking words. Just as in English you say "manner of speaking", Russian simply pairs the noun directly with the infinitive to show its purpose or function: манера говорить.
What are the rules for using and placing вряд ли?
Вряд ли (unlikely / highly doubtful) is a particle that is usually placed immediately before the word it casts doubt on. Here, the doubt is about whether she will agree, so it sits right before согласится. Note that it is always spelled as two separate words, never hyphenated.
Why is согласится written without a soft sign (ь)?
Since она is doing the action, this is the conjugated 3rd-person singular future tense. You can double-check this by asking the question что сделает? (what will she do?). Because there is no soft sign at the end of сделает, there is no soft sign in согласится. It would only have a soft sign if it were the infinitive (согласиться).
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