По утрам моя жена любит овсянку с черникой, а я чаще выбираю чай со смородиной.

In the mornings, my wife likes oatmeal with blueberries, while I more often choose tea with currants.

Breakdown of По утрам моя жена любит овсянку с черникой, а я чаще выбираю чай со смородиной.

• я: I
• мой: my
• с: with
• утро: the morning

Questions & Answers about По утрам моя жена любит овсянку с черникой, а я чаще выбираю чай со смородиной.

Why is it по утрам instead of just утром?

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

By contrast, утром usually means in the morning for a specific occasion or just the time of day in a more neutral sense.

• Утром я пил чай. = I drank tea in the morning.
• По утрам я пью чай. = I drink tea in the mornings.

So in your sentence, по утрам fits because the speaker is talking about a routine.

What case is утрам, and why?

Утрам is dative plural of утро.

The expression по утрам is a very common Russian time expression built with по + dative, often used to mean at certain times regularly:

• по утрам = in the mornings
• по вечерам = in the evenings
• по выходным = on weekends

It is best learned as a set pattern for habitual time.

Why is it моя жена, and can the word order change?