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Сегодня мы едем в центр на трамвае, а по выходным часто ездим туда на метро.
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Today we are going to the center by tram, and on weekends we often go there by metro.
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Breakdown of Сегодня мы едем в центр на трамвае, а по выходным часто ездим туда на метро.
в
to
на
by
часто
often
ездить
to go
Questions & Answers about Сегодня мы едем в центр на трамвае, а по выходным часто ездим туда на метро.
Why does the sentence use both едем and ездим? Aren’t they the same verb?
Both come from the verb pair ехать / ездить (to go by vehicle).
ехать → едем = one-time, right now / today, movement in one direction.
- Сегодня мы едем… = Today we are going (this one trip)…
ездить → ездим = habitual / repeated action, from time to time, usually.
- …по выходным часто ездим… = on weekends we (often) go (regularly)…
So the sentence contrasts:
- едем for today’s specific trip, and
- ездим for the general, repeated weekend habit.
Why is it в центр and not в центре? What’s the difference?