Breakdown of По воскресеньям бабушка жарит оладьи на завтрак.
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for
бабушка
the grandmother
завтрак
the breakfast
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Questions & Answers about По воскресеньям бабушка жарит оладьи на завтрак.
Why is it по воскресеньям instead of в воскресенье?
Because по воскресеньям means a repeated, habitual time: on Sundays / every Sunday.
A useful pattern is:
- по понедельникам = on Mondays
- по вечерам = in the evenings
- по выходным = on weekends
By contrast, в воскресенье usually means on Sunday as one specific Sunday or one occasion.
Why is воскресеньям in the dative plural?
After по in this kind of time expression, Russian uses the dative plural.
The basic noun is воскресенье = Sunday.
Its relevant forms are:
- singular: воскресенье
- plural: воскресенья
- dative plural: воскресеньям
So:
- в воскресенье = on Sunday
- по воскресеньям = on Sundays / every Sunday
Why is жарит in the present tense? Does it mean she is doing it right now?