Breakdown of Мы не идём в школу в субботу.
не
not
мы
we
школа
school
в
in / to (direction)
идти
to go (on foot) / to proceed, go (of a process)
суббота
Saturday
Questions & Answers about Мы не идём в школу в субботу.
Why is it в субботу instead of just суббота?
To say "on" a certain day of the week, Russian uses the preposition в followed by the Accusative case. The dictionary form for Saturday is суббота (ending in -а), so in the Accusative case, it changes to субботу (ending in -у).
Why is the preposition в used for both the school and the day of the week?
The preposition в is very versatile! When followed by the Accusative case, it can indicate a destination (в школу means "to school") or a specific time (в субботу means "on Saturday"). Having it twice in the same sentence is completely normal in Russian.
Why is school written as школу here?
Because it is the destination of your motion. When you are going "to" a place, the destination is put into the Accusative case. The dictionary word школа changes its -а ending to -у, becoming школу.
Why does the sentence use идём instead of ходим?
Идём usually describes a one-way trip happening right now, but it can also be used for fixed plans in the near future. This sentence implies "We are not going to school [this upcoming] Saturday." If you wanted to state a general habit like "We never go to school on Saturdays," you would use the habitual verb ходим.
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