Breakdown of Утром мы созваниваемся и переписываемся.
и
and
мы
we
утром
in the morning
созваниваться
to call each other (regularly)
переписываться
to correspond / to text each other
Questions & Answers about Утром мы созваниваемся и переписываемся.
I learned that verbs ending in -ся usually mean doing something to yourself. Why do they mean 'each other' here?
You are right that -ся often shows a reflexive action, like washing yourself. However, with plural subjects like мы (we), the -ся ending frequently creates a reciprocal action, meaning two or more people are doing it to each other. Because of this, созваниваемся means 'we call each other' and переписываемся means 'we text each other'.
How do we get the ending -емся on these verbs?
It is a combination of the standard present tense мы (we) ending and the reflexive particle. First, you take the base verb and conjugate it for мы, which gives you the -ем ending. Then, you just attach -ся to the very end. For example, переписыва- + -ем + -ся becomes переписываемся.
I recognize the base verbs for calling and writing. What do the prefixes со- and пере- add here?
Prefixes in Russian add specific 'flavors' to verbs. The prefix со- often means 'together' (similar to 'co-' in English), so созваниваться conceptually means to get on a call together. The prefix пере- frequently implies a back-and-forth exchange, which perfectly describes the back-and-forth action of texting in переписываться.
Why is the word for morning spelled утром instead of the dictionary form утро?
Утром is the Instrumental case form of утро (morning). While you are currently learning to use the Instrumental case after the preposition с (with), it is also used all by itself to express when a part of the day happens. So утро is the noun 'morning', but утром acts as an adverb meaning 'in the morning'.
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