Я пойду туда после школы.

I will go there after school.

Breakdown of Я пойду туда после школы.

• я: I
• школа: the school
• пойти: to go
• после: after
• туда: there

Questions & Answers about Я пойду туда после школы.

Why is я included in the sentence? Doesn’t пойду already indicate “I”?

Russian verbs carry person and number endings, so пойду already means “I will go.” The pronoun я is therefore optional and is used here for emphasis or clarity. Without it, you can simply say Пойду туда после школы, and it still means “(I) will go there after school.”

What is the aspect and tense of пойду?

Пойду is the first-person singular future tense of the perfective verb пойти (to set off, to start going). Because it’s perfective, it presents the action as a single, completed event in the future: “I will go (there).”

How is пойду different from я буду идти?

Я буду идти uses the imperfective verb идти in its future-in-the-making form (буду + infinitive), focusing on the ongoing process: “I will be going.”
Я пойду (perfective) emphasizes the whole trip as a complete action: “I will go.” Use imperfective to stress duration or repetition; use perfective for a one-time, bounded event.

What does туда mean, and how is it different from там or сюда?

Туда is an adverb of direction meaning “to there” (away from the speaker).
• Там means “there” (location).
• Сюда means “to here” (toward the speaker).
So пойду туда = “I will go there,” moving away from where I am.

Why is после школы in the genitive case?

The preposition после (“after”) always requires the genitive case. Школы is the genitive singular of школа (“school”), so после школы literally means “after of (the) school.”

Can I say после уроков instead of после школы?

Yes. Урок means “lesson” or “class,” and уроков is the genitive plural of урок.
• после уроков = “after classes” (more general)
• после школы = “after school” (referring to the school day as a whole)

Is the word order fixed here? Could I say После школы я пойду туда?

Russian word order is quite flexible. You can move после школы to the front for emphasis or stylistic reasons:
• Я пойду туда после школы. (neutral)
• После школы я пойду туда. (emphasizes the time “after school”)
• Туда я пойду после школы. (emphasizes the destination)

Where does the stress fall in пойду, and how do I pronounce it?

Пойду is pronounced [pəjˈdu] (pay-DOO), with the stress on the second syllable -ду. The й forms a diphthong [aj] in the first syllable.