Learn Romanian: Cine se trezește devreme?

In Romanian, many daily routine verbs are reflexive, meaning the action reflects back on the subject. The dictionary form of the verb here is a se trezi (to wake up). Literally, it is like saying to wake oneself. Here, se is the reflexive pronoun for the third person (he, she, or it).

Why do we use the he/she form of the verb (se trezește) after cine?

Just like in English, the question word cine (who) is treated grammatically as a single third-person subject. Therefore, it takes the third-person singular verb form (trezește) and the matching reflexive pronoun (se).

If I want to say "I wake up early", does the se change?

Yes! The reflexive pronoun has to match the person doing the action. For the first person (I), you use mă. You also have to change the verb to the matching form (trezesc). So, "I wake up early" would be Mă trezesc devreme.

Devreme means "early". How would I ask "Who wakes up late?"

The opposite of devreme is târziu. So, you would ask: Cine se trezește târziu?