Он редко выходит из дома зимой.

the house

Breakdown of Он редко выходит из дома зимой.

• он: he
• редко: rarely
• зимой: in winter

Questions & Answers about Он редко выходит из дома зимой.

Why is выходит in the present tense if the English translation is “He rarely goes out of the house in winter”?

In Russian, the present tense of an imperfective verb is used for:

• Habits and repeated actions
• General truths / typical behavior

So он редко выходит из дома зимой literally is “he rarely goes out from the house in winter,” describing what typically happens every winter.

English uses the simple present for habits too (“He rarely goes out”), so structurally it’s actually parallel. It might feel odd mainly because:

• Russian present imperfective выходит can also mean “is (currently) going out,”
• but here редко (“rarely”) and зимой (“in winter”) clearly mark it as a habitual action, not something happening right now.

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Why is it выходит and not идёт, ходит, or уходит? Aren’t all of these “go / leave”?