http://malim-praedari.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] malim-praedari.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] learn_russian 2008-09-08 03:37 pm (UTC)

The verb "отдыха́ть" is intransitive. You cannot "отдыхать что-то". Your sentence, when corrected, should read: "У́тром я обы́чно встаю́ и пробега́ю де́сять киломе́тров, пото́м я даю́ отдохну́ть своим нога́м (let [my] feet rest).

About "бе́гаю" vs "бегу́" (not "вегу"): I would use "бегаю" if it's modified by time rather than distance ("встаю и полчаса бегаю"); with distance, the perfective "пробега́ю" seems more appropriate. Can't tell you why; it just sounds better.

Another stylistic comment: Russian uses pronouns much more sparingly than English, so you can safely get rid of the likes of "я" and "свои" in the second clause. That would improve its style.

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