Thread: Chapter 19 questions

Thanks it-ogo and Yulia,

This is a simple question on the same excercise. When you have a series of verbs and they are in the future imperfective, can you omit the auxiliary verb after using it once? For example: Я буду открывать глаза, вставать, умываться, завтракать и идти на работу. Do you need to repeat буду or not? Also, does this sentence make sense in Russian? In English would it be "I will be opening my eyes, will be getting up..."? It sounds a little weird.

Z

Originally Posted by zorro

Thanks it-ogo and Yulia,

This is a simple question on the same excercise. When you have a series of verbs and they are in the future imperfective, can you omit the auxiliary verb after using it once? For example: Я буду открывать глаза, вставать, умываться, завтракать и идти на работу. Do you need to repeat буду or not? Also, does this sentence make sense in Russian? In English would it be "I will be opening my eyes, will be getting up..."? It sounds a little weird.

Z

You can skip буду using it once. It is OK.

This sentence makes sense if you refer to repeating action in the future:
Каждый день я буду открывать глаза, вставать, умываться, завтракать и идти на работу.

If it is one-time action, you should use perfective:
Завтра я открою глаза, встану, умоюсь, позавтракаю и пойду на работу.