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Questions & Answers about Утром брат не успел побриться дома и взял новую бритву с собой в офис.
Why is it утром and not утро?
Утром is an adverbial form meaning in the morning. Historically it comes from the instrumental case of утро (morning), and in modern Russian it is very commonly used as a time expression.
So:
- утро = morning
- утром = in the morning
This is similar to other time expressions in Russian:
- днём = in the daytime / during the day
- вечером = in the evening
- ночью = at night
In this sentence, Утром sets the time for the whole action.
Why is there no word for the or his before брат?
Russian has no articles, so there is no direct equivalent of the or a.
So брат can mean:
- brother
- the brother
- a brother
- sometimes even his brother, my brother, etc., if the context makes that clear
In a full context, the listener usually knows whose brother is meant. Russian relies much more on context than English does.
What does не успел побриться mean exactly?