Папа бреется утром перед работой.

the work

Breakdown of Папа бреется утром перед работой.

• перед: before
• утром: in the morning
• папа: the dad

Questions & Answers about Папа бреется утром перед работой.

Why does папа end in -а if it means dad, which is masculine?

Because папа is a masculine noun with a noun ending that looks feminine.

In Russian, some words for male people end in -а or -я, for example:

• папа = dad
• дядя = uncle
• мужчина = man
• юноша = young man

Even though the ending looks feminine, these nouns are grammatically masculine when they refer to a man. So you would use masculine agreement with them:

• Папа пришёл. = Dad arrived.
• not пришла

What is the basic dictionary form of бреется?

The dictionary form is бриться, which means to shave oneself / to shave.

So:

• бриться = to shave oneself
• бреется = he shaves / is shaving

This sentence uses the 3rd person singular form, because the subject is папа = dad / he.

Why is it бреется and not just бреет?