Questions & Answers about Будильник будит меня рано утром.
Why is будильник in the nominative form?
Because будильник is the subject of the sentence — it is the thing doing the action of waking. In Russian, the subject is normally in the nominative case.
- будильник = alarm clock
- It is the thing that будит = wakes
So the structure is:
- Будильник = subject
- будит = verb
- меня = object
Why is меня used instead of я?
Because меня is the object form of я.
- я = I
- меня = me
In this sentence, the alarm clock is waking me, so Russian uses the object form. Specifically, меня here is in the accusative case.
Compare:
- Я сплю. = I am sleeping.
- Будильник будит меня. = The alarm clock wakes me.
Why is меня accusative?