Questions & Answers about Утром я готовлю кашу.
Why does the word for morning, утро, have an -м at the end here?
The word утром is in the instrumental case. In Russian, to state the time of day or season when an action regularly happens, you use the instrumental case. So the noun утро (morning) becomes the adverb утром (in the morning).
Where does the л in готовлю come from? The dictionary form is готовить.
The verb готовить (to cook/prepare) goes through a spelling change in the first-person singular (the я form). For certain verbs whose stems end in в, an л is added, making it я готовлю. This extra л disappears for other pronouns, like он готовит (he cooks).
Why is the word for porridge spelled кашу instead of каша?
Каша is a feminine noun. Because it is the direct object of the sentence (the thing being cooked), it must be in the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -а, the ending changes to -у in the accusative case.
Does я готовлю mean I am cooking right now, or I cook in general?
Russian only has one present tense, so я готовлю can translate to both "I am cooking" and "I cook." Because of the context word утром (in the morning), it describes a routine habit here, so "I cook" is the best translation.
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