Archives for: June 2009, 17
В (motion)
June 17th, 2009 by DonThe most common word for “to” in Russian is “в” followed by the accusative case. This is tricky for Gringos because “в” followed by prepositional means “at.” Observe the contrast:
| Mама в магазине. | “Mom is at the store.” |
| Mама пошла в магазин. | “Mom has gone to the store.” |
| Лена занимается в библотеке. | “Lena is studying at the library.” |
| Лена пошла в библотеку. | “Lena has gone to the library.” |
“В” can also indicate motion and be translated as “into”:
| Машина въехала в туннель. | The car drove into the tunnel. |
| Учительница вошла в комнату. | The teacher walked into the room. |
XML Feeds