Breakdown of Завтра мы идём в парк, а потом домой.
парк
park
а
and (contrastive)
мы
we
в
in / to (direction)
идти
to go (on foot) / to proceed, go (of a process)
домой
home
завтра
tomorrow
потом
then
Questions & Answers about Завтра мы идём в парк, а потом домой.
Why does the sentence use the present tense идём (we are going) when talking about завтра (tomorrow)?
Just like in English, Russian can use the present tense of verbs to talk about firm, scheduled plans in the near future. So, завтра мы идём naturally translates to "tomorrow we are going".
Why use the conjunction а before потом instead of и?
The phrase а потом is a very common set expression for "and then." While и means "and" for simply listing things together, а is used here to smoothly shift the focus to the next distinct action or destination in your timeline.
Why do we use the word домой instead of just дом?
Домой is a special directional word that means "homeward" or "to home." Whenever you are talking about movement toward your house, you must use домой. The word дом is just the noun for the building itself.
Why didn't the word парк change its ending if we are going towards it?
It actually did change to the Accusative case, which is required after в to show the destination of a motion! However, for non-living masculine nouns like парк, the Accusative case looks exactly like the normal dictionary form, so the spelling stays the same.
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