Breakdown of Тренируясь каждый день, спортсмен замечает свой прогресс.
день
day
каждый
every
свой
one's own
замечать
to notice
спортсмен
athlete
тренироваться
to train
прогресс
progress
Questions & Answers about Тренируясь каждый день, спортсмен замечает свой прогресс.
What form of the verb is Тренируясь?
It is a verbal adverb (or gerund) meaning 'while training.' It is formed from the imperfective verb тренироваться. You use this form to describe a secondary action happening at the same time as the main verb, as long as both actions are done by the same subject (the athlete).
Why does Тренируясь end in -сь instead of -ся?
The base verb тренироваться is reflexive. When making a verbal adverb from a reflexive verb, the reflexive particle shrinks from -ся to -сь after a vowel. So, instead of тренируяся, it becomes тренируясь.
Why use свой instead of его for 'his progress'?
The word свой is a reflexive possessive pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence. Because the athlete is noticing his own progress, you must use свой. If you used его прогресс, it would mean he was noticing some other man's progress.
Why isn't there a preposition before каждый день?
In Russian, phrases describing frequency or duration, like 'every day' (каждый день) or 'all year' (весь год), are put directly into the accusative case without needing a preposition.
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