Breakdown of Моя мати прокинулася з усмішкою.
Questions & Answers about Моя мати прокинулася з усмішкою.
The sentence translates to "My mother woke up with a smile." Breaking it down: • Моя мати means "my mother" (with моя as the possessive adjective matching the feminine noun мати). • Прокинулася is the past tense form of the reflexive verb прокинутися, meaning "woke up." The ending -лася shows it’s conjugated for a feminine subject. • З усмішкою means "with a smile." Here, з is the preposition "with" and усмішкою is the instrumental case of усмішка, used to indicate manner.
Yes, the word order is quite similar to that of English. The sentence follows a straightforward structure: • Subject: Моя мати (“My mother”) • Verb: прокинулася (“woke up”) • Manner/Complement: з усмішкою (“with a smile”) While Ukrainian allows for flexible word order, this arrangement resembles the typical subject–verb–complement order found in English.