Verb to go

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)