Questions & Answers about Сдав сессию, я буду получать стипендию каждый месяц.
How is the word сдав formed and what does it tell us about the timeline?
Сдав is a perfective verbal adverb meaning "having passed". It is formed from the perfective verb сдать by taking the past tense masculine form (сдал), dropping the -л, and adding the suffix -в. Because it is perfective, it shows that this action is completely finished before the main action (буду получать) begins.
Why do we use a perfective verbal adverb (сдав) with an imperfective main verb (буду получать)?
The aspects do not have to match! The verbal adverb chooses its aspect based on its own action. Passing the exam period is a completed, one-time result, so we use the perfective сдав. Receiving the scholarship happens repeatedly ("every month"), so the main verb uses the imperfective future буду получать.
Does сессия mean a single exam?
No, in Russian universities, a сессия refers to the entire exam period at the end of a semester. To pass a single exam is сдать экзамен, but to pass all your exams for the term is сдать сессию.
Why is каждый месяц in the accusative case here?
When you want to say how often something happens (like "every month" or "every day"), Russian uses the accusative case without any prepositions. Since месяц is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative form looks exactly like the nominative.