Word
Czasami chodzimy do teatru w weekend.
Meaning
We sometimes go to the theatre on the weekend.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Czasami chodzimy do teatru w weekend.
chodzić
to walk
w
in / on (a day)
do
to
czasami
sometimes
Questions & Answers about Czasami chodzimy do teatru w weekend.
Why use chodzimy here instead of idziemy?
Because of the word czasami (sometimes). This shows it is a habit or a repeated action. For habits, we use the multidirectional verb chodzić (here, chodzimy). If you were on your way to the theatre right now, you would use the one-way verb idziemy.
Does chodzimy mean we specifically walk to the theatre?
Yes, chodzić primarily means to go on foot. If you were talking about regularly driving or taking public transit to the theatre, you might use jeździmy. However, chodzić do teatru or chodzić do kina are also common phrases for simply attending the theatre or cinema locally, even if you take a bus to get there.
Why does the word for theatre change to teatru here?
The preposition do (to) always requires the noun that follows it to take the Genitive case. For many masculine non-living nouns like teatr, the Genitive ending is -u, making it teatru.
Why do we say w weekend instead of using a word that literally translates to "on"?