По утрам дедушка часто ходит на лыжах в парке, даже если вокруг лежат глубокие сугробы.

In the mornings Grandpa often skis in the park, even if deep snowdrifts are lying all around.

Breakdown of По утрам дедушка часто ходит на лыжах в парке, даже если вокруг лежат глубокие сугробы.

• парк: the park
• в: in
• часто: often
• если: if

Questions & Answers about По утрам дедушка часто ходит на лыжах в парке, даже если вокруг лежат глубокие сугробы.

Why is it по утрам and not утром?

По утрам means in the mornings / every morning / on mornings in general. It shows a repeated, habitual time.

• по утрам = in the mornings, morning after morning
• утром = in the morning, often referring to a specific morning or just the time of day

So in this sentence, по утрам fits because the action is something дедушка does regularly.

Also, по here takes the dative plural, so утра becomes утрам.

Why is it ходит and not идёт?

Because ходит is the verb used for repeated, habitual, or non-one-directional movement.

• идёт = is going right now, in one direction
• ходит = goes regularly / goes back and forth / goes as a habit

Since the sentence says часто and describes what дедушка usually does in the mornings, ходит is the correct choice.

Is ходит also connected with aspect?