На дачу я беру шорты, лёгкую майку и синюю кепку, потому что там жарко с утра.

I take shorts, a light tank top, and a blue cap to the dacha because it is hot there from the morning.

Breakdown of На дачу я беру шорты, лёгкую майку и синюю кепку, потому что там жарко с утра.

• я: I
• на: to
• и: and
• утро: the morning

Questions & Answers about На дачу я беру шорты, лёгкую майку и синюю кепку, потому что там жарко с утра.

Why is it на дачу, not в дачу?

Because Russian uses на with some destinations idiomatically, and дача is one of them.

• на дачу = to the dacha / to the country house
• на работу = to work
• на почту = to the post office

So even though English uses to, Russian may choose either в or на depending on the noun.

Here:

• на дачу means movement toward the dacha
• that is why дачу is in the accusative case

If you were talking about location instead of movement, it would be:

• на даче = at the dacha

So the pair is:

• на дачу — motion to
• на даче — location at

What case is дачу, and why does it end in -у?