Breakdown of Мой брат бреется утром и всегда берёт с собой бритву и лёгкие духи.
мой
my
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with
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and
брат
the brother
Questions & Answers about Мой брат бреется утром и всегда берёт с собой бритву и лёгкие духи.
Why is it бреется and not бреет?
Because бриться means to shave oneself / to shave in the sense of personal grooming, while брить means to shave someone or something.
- Он бреется = He is shaving / He shaves
- Он бреет брата = He shaves his brother
The ending -ся shows that the action comes back to the subject: he is shaving himself.
Why is утром used for in the morning?
In Russian, parts of the day are often used in the instrumental case to express time when something happens.
So:
- утро = morning
- утром = in the morning
This is a very common pattern:
- днём = in the daytime / during the day
- вечером = in the evening
- ночью = at night
So Мой брат бреется утром literally works like My brother shaves in-the-morning.
Why is it берёт с собой, and what does с собой mean?