Если идти без спешки, до парка всего полчаса пешком.

the park

Breakdown of Если идти без спешки, до парка всего полчаса пешком.

• если: if
• идти: to walk
• до: to

Questions & Answers about Если идти без спешки, до парка всего полчаса пешком.

Why is there no subject in Если идти без спешки?

Russian often uses the infinitive impersonally in general statements.

So Если идти без спешки literally means something like:

• If one goes without hurrying
• If you go at an unhurried pace

There is no stated subject because the sentence is meant generally, not about a specific person.

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Why is идти used here, not ходить?

Идти usually refers to movement in one direction, a specific trip, or the process of going somewhere.

Here the sentence is about how long it takes to get to the park on a particular route, so идти is the natural choice.

• идти = to go, to be going, to walk in a particular direction
• ходить = to go habitually, to walk around, to go back and forth, or to be able/customarily to go somewhere

So this sentence is about the trip to the park, not a repeated habit.

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What does без спешки mean exactly?

Без спешки literally means without hurry or without rushing.

It is made of:

• без = without
• спешка = haste, hurry

Because без requires the genitive case, спешка becomes спешки.

In natural English, this phrase can be translated as:

• without hurrying
• at an easy pace
• without rushing

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