Word
Из нового корпуса до метро идти всего десять минут.
Meaning
From the new building it is only a ten-minute walk to the metro.
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Breakdown of Из нового корпуса до метро идти всего десять минут.
новый
new
минута
the minute
идти
to walk
из
from
Questions & Answers about Из нового корпуса до метро идти всего десять минут.
Why are нового корпуса in the genitive case?
Because both prepositions in this sentence require the genitive:
- из
- genitive = out of / from
- до
- genitive = up to / as far as / to
So:
- из нового корпуса = from the new building
- до метро = to the metro
The noun корпус changes to корпуса in the genitive singular, and the adjective новый changes to нового to agree with it.
Why is it до метро, not до метра or something else?
Because метро is one of those Russian nouns that is usually indeclinable. That means its form does not change by case.
So:
- nominative: метро
- genitive after до: still метро
Even though the case is genitive here, the word itself stays the same.
What does корпус mean here? Is it really corpus?