Breakdown of На рассвете я встаю и зеваю; я не очень бодрый.
и
and
не
not
я
I
очень
very
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
вставать
to get up
рассвет
dawn
зевать
to yawn
бодрый
energetic / awake
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).
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