Word
Куда она идёт? На почту.
Meaning
Where is she going? To the post office.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Куда она идёт? На почту.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
куда
where to
идти
to go (on foot) / to proceed, go (of a process)
Questions & Answers about Куда она идёт? На почту.
Why does the sentence use Куда instead of Где for 'where'?
Где asks about a fixed location ('where at'), while Куда asks about a destination ('where to'). Because she is moving toward a place, we must use Куда.
Why is the word for post office spelled почту here instead of its dictionary form почта?
When you are going to a destination, Russian uses the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -а like почта, the ending changes to -у (почту).
Why do we use На instead of В to say 'to the post office'?
Normally, в means 'into' and на means 'onto'. However, certain places in Russian must always be paired with на instead of в. Почта is one of these words, so you must say на почту.
Does идёт mean she is walking or driving?
Идёт specifically means going by foot. If she were traveling by a vehicle like a car or bus, Russian would use a different verb of motion like едет.