На выходных я люблю гулять, а потом отдыхать дома.

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Breakdown of На выходных я люблю гулять, а потом отдыхать дома.

• на: on
• дома: at home
• гулять: to walk

Questions & Answers about На выходных я люблю гулять, а потом отдыхать дома.

What does на выходных mean, and why is выходных in this form?

на выходных means “on weekends.” The noun выходные (“days off/weekends”) appears in the prepositional plural when used with на to indicate time. Although the ending looks like the genitive plural (выходных), in this fixed time-expression it functions as the prepositional case.

Why is люблю in the present tense if weekends are in the future?

Russian uses the present tense for habitual or repeated actions, no matter when they occur. Here я люблю гулять expresses a regular pastime (you habitually like walking on weekends). Present tense doesn’t imply “right now,” but “generally/always.”

Why are the infinitives гулять and отдыхать used after люблю and потом?

After verbs of preference like любить, Russian takes an infinitive to show what you like doing: люблю гулять = “I like to walk.” Likewise, temporal adverbs such as потом (“then”) can be followed by an infinitive to indicate the next action: потом отдыхать = “then to rest.”

What is the role of а in а потом отдыхать?

The conjunction а coordinates two actions and can mean “and” or “but,” depending on context. In а потом it’s best translated as “and then” (or “but then”), linking your walking with the subsequent resting and adding a slight contrast or sequence.