Questions & Answers about Я могу читать газету утром.
What is the function of могу in this sentence?
Могу is the first‑person singular present tense of the verb мочь (“to be able to”). Here it acts as a modal verb equivalent to English “can” or “am able to.”
Why is читать in the infinitive after могу?
In Russian, modal verbs like могу are followed by an infinitive. You never conjugate the main verb in this construction—читать remains in the base form to show the action you’re able to perform.
Why is газету in the accusative case?
Газету is the direct object of the action “to read.” Since “газета” is a feminine noun, its singular accusative form is газету.
Why is утром in the instrumental case and why isn’t there a preposition like в?
Russian often expresses “in the morning/afternoon/evening” by using the singular instrumental case of время суток (time‑of‑day) nouns without a preposition. So утро (morning) becomes утром (“in the morning”). You don’t need в here.
Can I omit the subject pronoun я in this sentence?