Word
Я привыкаю к новой работе.
Meaning
I am getting used to my new job.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Я привыкаю к новой работе.
Why do we use the preposition к here?
The verb привыкать (to get used to) always requires the preposition к (to/towards). Think of it as getting used towards something.
Why do новая and работа change to новой and работе?
They are in the Dative case because they follow the preposition к. The preposition к always requires the noun and its adjectives to be in the Dative case.
Is привыкаю imperfective or perfective?
It is imperfective, because the speaker is currently in the process of getting used to the job. The perfective partner is привыкнуть (to get used to completely), which is often used in the past tense to express a completed state like 'I got used to it' (Я привык).
The English translation says 'my new job,' so why isn't the word for 'my' in the Russian sentence?
Russian often drops possessive pronouns like 'my' when it is obvious from the context whose job it is. You could say к моей новой работе, but leaving it out sounds very natural and is much more common.