Давайте пройдём по тихой улице до вокзала.

Let’s walk along the quiet street to the station.

Breakdown of Давайте пройдём по тихой улице до вокзала.

• улица: the street
• тихий: quiet
• по: along
• вокзал: the station
• до: to
• давайте: let's
• пройти: to go away (to pass)

Questions & Answers about Давайте пройдём по тихой улице до вокзала.

Why does the sentence start with Давайте? What does it do grammatically?

Давайте is used to make a suggestion or invitation, like Let’s… / Shall we….
Grammatically it often pairs with:

• 1st person plural verb forms (пройдём, пойдём, сделаем) to mean let’s do X. It’s polite/neutral and common in spoken Russian.

Why is the verb пройдём (perfective) and not идём/пойдём?

пройдём is the future of the perfective verb пройти. Perfective here focuses on completing the route (getting from start to end).
Comparisons:

• пройдём = we’ll walk (and get through/cover the distance) to a destination
• пойдём = we’ll go / let’s head off (focus on starting to go)
• идём = we are going / let’s go (colloquial present used for near-future), but it’s imperfective and less “route-completion”-focused

What exactly does the prefix про- add in пройти?

The prefix про- often adds the idea of passing through / covering a stretch / completing a path.
So пройти по улице suggests walking along the street, covering that segment, not just “being in the process of walking” in general.

Is Давайте пройдём… formal? Could I say Давай пройдём…?

• Давайте пройдём… = neutral/polite, good with strangers, groups, or in polite conversation.
• Давай пройдём… = more informal, used with friends, family, kids. Also:
• Давайте can be used even when speaking to one person (polite you).

Why is it по тихой улице and not по тихую улицу?

Because the preposition по (meaning along / via / by) typically requires the dative case for location/route:

• по улице = along the street
  So the adjective also goes into dative feminine singular:
• тихая улица (nom.) → по тихой улице (dat.)

What case is улице in, and how do I recognize it?

улице is dative singular of улица.
A common feminine pattern:

• улица (nom.)
• улице (dat./prep.)
  Here it’s dative because of по = по улице.

What’s the difference between по тихой улице and на тихой улице?

• по тихой улице = along the quiet street (movement along a route)
• на тихой улице = on the quiet street (location, not necessarily movement; or movement happening “on” it in a more general sense) For a planned route to a destination, по is the natural choice.

Why is it до вокзала? What case is вокзала?

до means up to / as far as / until (reaching) and it requires the genitive case.
So:

• вокзал (nom.) → до вокзала (gen.)

Is вокзал the same as “train station”? Can it mean other stations too?

вокзал most commonly means a major station building/terminal, especially train station. In some contexts it can also be used for other major terminals, but for everyday “train station,” вокзал is the standard word.

What does word order contribute here? Could I rearrange it?

The default flow is: suggestion → verb → route → destination:
Давайте пройдём по тихой улице до вокзала.
You can rearrange for emphasis:

• До вокзала давайте пройдём по тихой улице. (emphasizes the destination)
• Давайте по тихой улице пройдём до вокзала. (brings the route forward) Russian word order is flexible, but the original sounds very natural.

How is пройдём pronounced and stressed?

пройдём is stressed on the second syllable: прой-ДЁМ.
Also note ё is always stressed and pronounced yo (even if it’s sometimes written as е in texts without dots).

Could this sentence imply walking specifically (on foot), or just going in general?

пройдём strongly suggests walking on foot (especially with по улице).
If you want to be extra explicit, you can add:

• Давайте пойдём пешком… = Let’s go on foot…
  But the original already sounds like walking.