Questions & Answers about Автобус приезжает утром.
Why is the verb приезжает used here instead of a form of приходить?
The verb приезжает is based on ехать (to go by transport). Since a bus is a vehicle, we use the transport-related verb to say it arrives. If we were talking about a person arriving on foot, we would use a verb based on идти (to go on foot).
How does the prefix при- change the verb?
The base of this verb is related to ехать (to travel by transport). Adding the prefix при- adds the meaning of arrival. Together, приезжает specifically means arrives or is arriving by transport.
Why isn't there a preposition for "in the" before утром?
In Russian, parts of the day like morning (утро) don't use a preposition to say "in the morning." Instead, the word changes its ending to become утром, which is a special form (the Instrumental case) that acts as an adverb meaning "in the morning."
Does this sentence use the "на + Prepositional" rule for transport?
No, because the bus is the subject performing the action (it is the thing arriving). We only use на + Prepositional when someone is traveling by a vehicle, for example, Я еду на автобусе (I am going by bus). Here, Автобус is just the main subject in the basic Nominative case.
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