Breakdown of Сегодня утром я взяла швабру, губку и моющее средство и убрала кухню.
я
I
и
and
взять
to take
кухня
the kitchen
Questions & Answers about Сегодня утром я взяла швабру, губку и моющее средство и убрала кухню.
Why is it взяла and not взял/взяло/взяли?
Because Russian past tense agrees with the subject in gender and number.
- я взяла = I (female speaker) took
- я взял = I (male speaker) took
- я взяло (neuter) isn’t used with я in normal speech
- мы взяли = we took
Why is it убрала (feminine) too?
Same rule: past tense agrees with the subject. Since the speaker is presented as female (because of взяла), the second past verb is also feminine: я убрала = I cleaned up.
What case are швабру, губку, моющее средство in, and why?
They’re in the accusative case because they are the direct objects of взять (to take).
- швабра → швабру (accusative singular)
- губка → губку (accusative singular)
- моющее средство is neuter and inanimate; its accusative singular looks the same as nominative: моющее средство.