Идти – Ехать
- Привет! Куда ты едешь? – Hi! Where are you going?
- Я еду на работу. – I’m going to work.
TO GO (by foot): ИДТИ
- Я иду в театр. I’m going to the theatre.
- Ты идёшь в гостиницу. You are going to the hotel.
- Он идёт в парк. He’s going to the park.
- Мы идем в магазин. – We are going to the shop.
- Вы идете в ресторан. – You are going to the restaurant.
- Они идут на рынок. – They are going to the market.
- The past tense of the verb идти : шел (masc.), шла (fern.), шло (neut.), шли (pi.)
TO GO (by transport): ЕХАТЬ
- Я еду в аэропорт на машине. – I am going to the airport by car.
- Ты едешь на вокзал на автобусе. – You are going to the station by bus.
- Он едет на собрание на троллейбусе. – He is going to the meeting by trolleybus.
- Мы едем в ресторан на такси. – We are going to the restaurant by taxi.
- Вы едете на рынок на мотоцикле. – You are going to the market by motorbike.
- Они едут на почту на велосипеде. – They are going to the post office by bike.
- The past tense of the verb ехать : ехал (masc.), ехала (fern.), ехало(neuf.), ехали (pi.)
- To indicate the means of transport, use:
на + Prepositional
- The Question Куда? ( «Where» in the sense «to where», when motion / destination are involved.) To answer the question «куда?» use в + accusative, на + accusative or к (ко) + dative
- Куда ты идёшь? – Where are you going?
- Куда вы идёте? – Where are you going?
- Я иду в банк. – I’m going to the bank.
- Я иду на пляж. – I’m going to the beach.
- Reply with в + accusative or на + accusative when talking about a place or an organised event
- Reply with к (ко) + dative when talking about going to see a person
в + Accusative в центр (to the centre) в театр (to the theatre) в гостиницу (to the hotel) в музей (to the museum) в магазин (to the shop) в больницу (to the hospital) в офис (to the office) в университет (to the university) | на + Accusative на работу (to work) на балет (to the ballet) на встречу (to a meeting) на площадь (to the square) на вечер (to a party) на выставку (to the exhibition) на концёрт (to the concert) на урок (to the lesson) на стадион (to the stadium) на курсы (to the courses) | к + Dative к другу (to a friend) к подруге (to a girlfriend) к сестре (to my sister) к Ольге (to Olga) к врачу (to the doctor) к директору (to (see) the director) |