Я иду от дома к парку.

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Breakdown of Я иду от дома к парку.

• дом: the house
• парк: the park
• к: to

Questions & Answers about Я иду от дома к парку.

Why is it иду and not хожу or пойду here?

Russian has several verbs for “to go” on foot, and they’re not interchangeable:

• идти (я иду) – one‑direction, one‑time movement, “I am going (now) in one specific direction.”
• ходить (я хожу) – multi‑direction, repeated or habitual movement, “I (usually) go, I walk (there regularly, back and forth).”
• пойти (я пойду) – the perfective partner of идти, focusing on the start of the movement, “I will set off / I’ll go.”

In Я иду от дома к парку, the speaker is describing a single, concrete movement that is happening now, going in one direction from home to the park. That’s exactly the meaning of иду (from идти).

• Я иду от дома к парку. – I’m currently on my way.
• Я хожу от дома к парку. – I (tend to) walk from my home to the park (habitually).
• Я пойду от дома к парку. – I will (at some point) go from home to the park / I’ll set off to go from home to the park.

What cases are дома and парку in, and why?