Questions & Answers about Мы едем в аэропорт.
Why use едем here instead of идём to mean 'are going'?
In Russian, verbs of motion are very specific. You use идём when you are walking or going on foot. You use едем when you are using a vehicle (like a car, bus, or train). Since the airport is usually far away, you need the transport verb едем.
Does в аэропорт mean 'in the airport' or 'to the airport'?
Here it means 'to the airport' because it is combined with a motion verb (едем). When the preposition в shows a destination you are moving towards, it takes the Accusative case and translates as 'to' or 'into'.
If the airport is a destination, why didn't the word аэропорт change its ending?
It actually is in the Accusative case (the case used for destinations), but you cannot see a change! For masculine nouns that are inanimate (places and objects, not people or animals), the Accusative case looks exactly the same as the basic dictionary form.
What is the dictionary form of the verb едем?
The infinitive (dictionary form) is ехать (to go by transport). It conjugates irregularly, which is why the letter 'х' changes to a 'д' for forms like мы едем (we are going) and я еду (I am going).
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