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На завтрак я сделал омлет с ветчиной, взял кусок батона и выпил стакан кефира.
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For breakfast, I made an omelet with ham, took a piece of white bread, and drank a glass of kefir.
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Questions & Answers about На завтрак я сделал омлет с ветчиной, взял кусок батона и выпил стакан кефира.
Why does the sentence start with На завтрак? Does it literally mean on breakfast?
На завтрак is the normal Russian way to say for breakfast.
- на
- accusative is often used for something intended for a meal:
- на завтрак = for breakfast
- на обед = for lunch
- на ужин = for dinner
- accusative is often used for something intended for a meal:
So in this sentence, На завтрак sets the context: For breakfast, I...
It is not translated word-for-word into natural English. A literal gloss would be something like for breakfast rather than on breakfast.
Why is it завтрак and not завтраке after на?
Because на can take different cases depending on meaning.
Here, на завтрак means for breakfast / as breakfast, so завтрак is in the accusative case. Since завтрак is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form is the same as the nominative:
- nominative: завтрак
- accusative: завтрак
If you said на завтраке, that would mean something more like at breakfast or during breakfast, with a different nuance.