Мы гуляли по тихой аллее в парке вечером.

the park

Breakdown of Мы гуляли по тихой аллее в парке вечером.

• в: in
• тихий: quiet
• мы: we

Questions & Answers about Мы гуляли по тихой аллее в парке вечером.

Why is гуляли used here, and what exactly does it mean?

Гуляли is the past tense plural form of гулять.

In this sentence, гулять means something like:

• to walk
• to stroll
• to take a walk
• to spend time walking around

It is not as goal-focused as verbs like идти (to be going, walking in one direction).
So Мы гуляли suggests we were out walking / we took a walk / we were strolling.

Because the subject is мы (we), the verb must be plural: гуляли.

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Why is the verb in the past tense?

The form гуляли is the past tense of гулять.

Russian past tense is formed from the infinitive stem plus endings that show gender/number:

• гулял = he walked
• гуляла = she walked
• гуляло = it walked
• гуляли = they / we walked

Since the subject is мы (we), Russian uses the plural past form гуляли.

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What case is тихой аллее, and why?