На углу поверните направо и идите прямо до ресторана.

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Breakdown of На углу поверните направо и идите прямо до ресторана.

• и: and
• идти: to go
• ресторан: the restaurant

Questions & Answers about На углу поверните направо и идите прямо до ресторана.

Why is На used before углу, and why is углу in that form?

The preposition На can express location (“at” or “on” something). When на denotes location (not movement onto), it requires the Prepositional case. The noun угол (“corner”) in the Prepositional case becomes углу, so на углу means “at the corner.”

What exactly does поверните mean, and why this form?

Поверните is the imperative (command) of the perfective verb повернуть (“to turn”). It’s second person plural, used for either addressing multiple people or politely addressing one person. As a perfective imperative, it stresses a single, completed action: “(please) turn.”

Could we have said поворачивайте направо instead of поверните направо? What’s the difference?

Yes, поворачивайте is the imperfective imperative of поворачивать.
• Поверните направо (perfective) tells you to complete the turn once.
• Поворачивайте направо (imperfective) would sound like repetitive or ongoing turning, or more like general instructions. In giving a one-off direction, Russian prefers the perfective imperative.

Why is it поверните направо and not поверните на право?