Гид ведёт туристов по городу.

the city

Breakdown of Гид ведёт туристов по городу.

• турист: the tourist
• по: around
• гид: the guide

Questions & Answers about Гид ведёт туристов по городу.

Can you break down the grammar of each word in Гид ведёт туристов по городу?

Word by word:

• Гид – noun, nominative singular, masculine in gender. It is the subject: the guide.
• ведёт – verb, 3rd person singular, present tense, imperfective, from вести (to lead, to guide). It is the main verb: leads / is leading.
• туристов – noun, accusative plural, masculine, animate. It is the direct object: tourists.
• по городу – prepositional phrase:
  • по – preposition, here used with the dative case to express movement around/through a place.
  • городу – noun город in dative singular: around/through the city.

So syntactically: Subject (Гид) + Verb (ведёт) + Object (туристов) + Adverbial (по городу).

Why is it туристов and not туристы?