Questions & Answers about Эта дорога ведёт к вокзалу.
Because дорога is a feminine noun in Russian, and demonstratives agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.
- эта = feminine, singular, nominative (this)
- этот = masculine, singular, nominative
- это = neuter, singular, nominative
So with дорога (feminine), you use эта.
Дорога is in the nominative case because it’s the subject of the sentence (the thing doing the “leading”). A typical pattern is:
[Subject in nominative] + [verb] + [prepositional phrase]
Here: Эта дорога (subject) ведёт (verb) к вокзалу (destination phrase).
Because the preposition к (meaning toward / to) requires the dative case.
- Dictionary form: вокзал (nominative singular)
- After к: к вокзалу (dative singular)
For many masculine nouns, dative singular often ends in -у / -ю.