В понедельник у нас будет совещание в офисе.

On Monday we will have a meeting in the office.

Breakdown of В понедельник у нас будет совещание в офисе.

• в: in
• быть: to be
• мы: we
• в: on

Questions & Answers about В понедельник у нас будет совещание в офисе.

Why does Russian say у нас будет совещание instead of something like мы будем иметь совещание?

This is a very common question, because Russian often expresses to have differently from English.

In this sentence, у нас будет совещание literally means something like at us there will be a meeting. In natural English, that becomes we will have a meeting.

A few key points:

• у
  • genitive often means at someone’s place / in someone’s situation / with someone
• нас is the genitive form of мы
• будет means will be
• совещание is the thing that exists

So the structure is:

• у нас будет X = we will have X

This is a very normal Russian pattern.

For example:

• У меня будет экзамен. = I will have an exam.
• У нас будет урок. = We will have a lesson.

Russian usually does not use a verb meaning have here the way English does.

What case is нас in, and why?