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Je me réveille à sept heures, ensuite je me lève.

Je me réveille à sept heures, ensuite je me lève.
I wake up at seven o'clock, then I get up.
From Lesson 60:Daily routine verbs (se lever, s'habiller)·French

Questions & Answers about Je me réveille à sept heures, ensuite je me lève.

Why do we say Je me réveille instead of just Je réveille?
In French, daily routine actions like waking up or washing are often "reflexive verbs". This means the action reflects back on the subject. Je réveille means "I wake (someone else) up", but adding the reflexive pronoun me makes it Je me réveille ("I wake myself up").
What is the exact difference between se réveiller and se lever?
They describe two distinct steps of a morning routine. Se réveiller means "to wake up" (opening your eyes and stopping sleeping). Se lever means "to get up" (physically getting out of bed). The word ensuite (then) links these two events in order.
Why does lève have an accent mark (è) when the base verb se lever doesn't?
Se lever is a stem-changing verb. For pronunciation reasons, when the verb ending is silent (like the -e in je me lève), the e in the middle of the word changes to è so it can be pronounced clearly (like the "e" in "pet"). Without the accent, the vowel would sound completely different!
Why do we use à before sept heures?
Just like we say "at" a certain time in English, French uses the preposition à to indicate when an event happens. So "at seven o'clock" translates to à sept heures.

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