Во время сессии я пью больше кофе и реже встречаюсь с друзьями.

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Breakdown of Во время сессии я пью больше кофе и реже встречаюсь с друзьями.

• я: I
• пить: to drink
• с: with

Questions & Answers about Во время сессии я пью больше кофе и реже встречаюсь с друзьями.

What does во время сессии mean literally, and why is сессии in that form?

Во время means during or literally in the time of. After во время, Russian uses the genitive case, so сессия becomes сессии.

• сессия = session / exam period
• во время сессии = during the exam period

This is a fixed and very common structure:

• во время урока = during the lesson
• во время каникул = during the holidays
• во время встречи = during the meeting

Does сессия here really mean session?

Not exactly in the everyday English sense. In this sentence, сессия usually means the exam period at a university or college. So a native Russian speaker would most likely understand this as:

• during exams
• during the exam session
• during finals/exam period

This is a very common student-life word in Russian.

Why is it пью and not something like пию?