На завтрак я ем хлеб с маслом.

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Breakdown of На завтрак я ем хлеб с маслом.

• есть: to eat
• с: with
• на: for

Questions & Answers about На завтрак я ем хлеб с маслом.

Why is it на завтрак?

На завтрак is a very common Russian expression meaning for breakfast or as breakfast.

Russian often uses на + accusative to talk about something intended for a meal, event, or purpose:

• на завтрак = for breakfast
• на обед = for lunch
• на ужин = for dinner

So На завтрак я ем хлеб с маслом is literally something like For breakfast, I eat bread with butter.

What case is завтрак in here?

It is in the accusative case, because it follows на in the meaning of for or for the purpose of.

In this sentence, завтрак looks the same as the nominative form, but that is normal: for many masculine inanimate nouns, the nominative and accusative singular are identical.

So:

• nominative: завтрак
• accusative: завтрак

Even though the form does not change, the case is still accusative.

Why is it с маслом and not с масло?