Я сэкономил деньги на поездку.

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Breakdown of Я сэкономил деньги на поездку.

• деньги: the money
• сэкономить: to save
• на: for

Questions & Answers about Я сэкономил деньги на поездку.

What does the word сэкономил mean, and what is its grammatical form?

Сэкономил is the masculine singular past tense form of the perfective verb сэкономить, meaning “to save (money)” in the sense of putting aside funds. The perfective aspect indicates that the action has been completed.

Why is the noun деньги used in this sentence, and why is it always plural?

Деньги means “money” and is a plural-only noun in Russian. Unlike English, which treats money as a mass noun, Russian uses деньги exclusively in the plural form, so it appears that way regardless of whether one is talking about a small or large sum.

What role does the preposition на play in the phrase на поездку?

In this sentence, на indicates the purpose or intended use of the saved money. It translates to “for” in English, showing that the money was saved specifically to finance a trip.

Why is поездку in the accusative case, and how does that work with feminine nouns in Russian?

Поездку is the accusative form of поездка. In Russian, when a feminine noun like поездка follows a preposition such as на (indicating direction or purpose), it takes the accusative case. For many feminine nouns, the nominative and accusative forms are identical, so поездка remains unchanged in appearance despite its grammatical role.