Word
По утрам тётя долго причёсывается перед зеркалом.
Meaning
In the mornings my aunt spends a long time combing her hair in front of the mirror.
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Breakdown of По утрам тётя долго причёсывается перед зеркалом.
перед
in front of
утро
the morning
зеркало
the mirror
по
in
Questions & Answers about По утрам тётя долго причёсывается перед зеркалом.
Why is it по утрам and not в утрам or just утром?
Russian doesn’t use в with a plural time word like this, so в утрам is simply ungrammatical.
- по утрам literally: “by the mornings / on mornings” → idiomatically: “in the mornings / on weekday mornings”, with a strong idea of repetition / habit.
- утром (instrumental singular used adverbially) means “in the morning” and can be:
- one specific morning: Сегодня утром… – This morning…
- or a general habit: Утром я пью кофе. – In the morning I drink coffee.
по утрам focuses more clearly on “on (all) mornings, usually, regularly”, while утром is more neutral and can mean either a single morning or a general time of day, depending on context.
What case is утрам in по утрам, and why is it used?