Word
На рассвете я встаю и зеваю; я не очень бодрый.
Meaning
At dawn I get up and yawn; I am not very energetic.
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Questions & Answers about На рассвете я встаю и зеваю; я не очень бодрый.
Why is it встаю instead of вставаю?
The infinitive is вставать (to get up). Verbs ending in -давать, -знавать, and -ставать belong to a special group that drops the -ва- suffix in the present tense. So, вставать becomes я встаю, ты встаёшь, and so on.
The verb зевать (to yawn) also ends in -вать. Why doesn't it drop the -ва- to become зею?
Only verbs with the specific endings -давать, -знавать, and -ставать drop the -ва- suffix. Since зевать doesn't have one of those specific roots, it follows the regular pattern for verbs ending in -ать: я зеваю, ты зеваешь.
Why is рассвет (dawn) in the prepositional case (на рассвете)?
We use the preposition на plus the prepositional case for certain atmospheric times of day or natural events, like на рассвете (at dawn) or на закате (at sunset).
Could a woman say я не очень бодрый?