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Вчера я немного обгорела на плечах, поэтому сегодня сижу в тени и пью воду.
Meaning
Yesterday I got a little sunburned on my shoulders, so today I’m sitting in the shade and drinking water.
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Breakdown of Вчера я немного обгорела на плечах, поэтому сегодня сижу в тени и пью воду.
я
I
сидеть
to sit
пить
to drink
вода
the water
Questions & Answers about Вчера я немного обгорела на плечах, поэтому сегодня сижу в тени и пью воду.
Why is it обгорела and not обгорел?
Because the verb is in the past tense, and in Russian past tense verbs agree with the speaker’s gender.
- обгорел = a man is speaking
- обгорела = a woman is speaking
- обгорело = neuter
- обгорели = plural
So я немного обгорела tells you that the speaker is female.
What does обгореть mean exactly?
Обгореть means to get sunburned or more literally to get burned from the sun / heat on the surface.
In this sentence, it clearly means to get sunburned.
A useful contrast:
- сгореть = to burn up, be destroyed by fire, or sometimes to get very badly sunburned
- обгореть = to get burned on the outside, often used for sunburn
So немного обгорела means got a little sunburned.
Why is немного used here? Where does it fit in the sentence?