Breakdown of В среду мы идём на концерт.
мы
we
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
идти
to go (on foot) / to proceed, go (of a process)
концерт
concert
в
on / during (a time period)
среда
Wednesday
Questions & Answers about В среду мы идём на концерт.
Why is it в среду and not в среда?
To say "on" a certain day of the week, Russian uses the preposition в followed by the Accusative case. The dictionary word for Wednesday is среда. Because it is a feminine noun ending in -а, that ending changes to -у in the Accusative case, giving us в среду.
We are going "to" a concert. Why use на instead of в?
In Russian, you use the preposition на (instead of в) when your destination is an event or an activity, rather than a physical, enclosed building. Since a concert is an event, we say на концерт.
Does на also take the Accusative case here? Why didn't концерт change its ending?
Yes, на triggers the Accusative case here because it shows direction of motion. However, концерт is a masculine "inanimate" noun (meaning it is not a living person or animal). For masculine inanimate nouns, the Accusative form is identical to the dictionary form, so the word doesn't change.
Doesn't идём mean we are going right now? Why use it for Wednesday?
Yes, идём is the present tense of the verb идти ("we are going"). But just like in English (where we can say "We are going to a concert on Wednesday"), Russian often uses the present tense of motion verbs to talk about firmly planned events in the future.
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