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Questions & Answers about Після пробіжки я втомився.
What does Після mean in this sentence, and why is it placed at the beginning?
Після translates to after in English. It is placed at the beginning to immediately set the temporal context—indicating that the action of becoming tired happened following the run. Ukrainian often uses such temporal phrases in the front to emphasize when something occurred.
Why is the noun пробіжки used instead of пробіжка?
Пробіжки is in the genitive singular form of пробіжка. The preposition Після always requires the following noun to be in the genitive case. So, the structure Після пробіжки correctly means after a run.
What does the verb втомився mean, and why does it have the -ся ending?
The verb втомився means got tired. The ending -ся is a reflexive marker used in Ukrainian, and in this case, it indicates that the subject underwent the change of state themselves. This is a common way in Ukrainian to express conditions or states like becoming tired.
How would the sentence change if a female speaker were describing herself?
In Ukrainian, past tense verbs agree with gender. A female speaker would use втомилася instead of втомився. The sentence would then read: Після пробіжки я втомилася.
Can the sentence be rearranged, for instance, by placing the subject я at the beginning without changing its meaning?
Yes, you could say Я втомився після пробіжки. This alternative order is grammatically correct and conveys the same meaning. However, starting with the temporal phrase (Після пробіжки) emphasizes the timing of the event more strongly.
What tense and aspect is used in the verb втомився, and what does it imply about the action?
Втомився is in the past tense and is a perfective verb form. This perfective aspect indicates that the action of becoming tired was completed. The sentence implies that after the run, the speaker reached a state of tiredness as a finished result.