Турист не может ехать на дачу без рюкзака.
The tourist cannot travel to the dacha without a backpack.
Breakdown of Турист не может ехать на дачу без рюкзака.
не
not
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
ехать
to go (by vehicle)
турист
tourist
мочь
to be able to
дача
dacha, summer house
без
without
рюкзак
backpack
Questions & Answers about Турист не может ехать на дачу без рюкзака.
Why is 'backpack' written as рюкзака instead of just рюкзак?
The preposition без (without) always requires the following noun to be in the Genitive case. Because рюкзак is a masculine noun ending in a consonant, you add -а to form the Genitive singular: без рюкзака.
Why use the verb ехать here instead of идти or ездить?
Russian has specific verbs of motion depending on how you travel. We use ехать because going to a dacha requires taking transport (unlike идти, which means going on foot). It is also describing a specific, one-way trip, so we use the unidirectional verb ехать instead of the habitual or round-trip verb ездить.
Why is it на дачу and not в дачу?
In Russian, the noun дача (summer house/plot of land) is traditionally treated as an open space or territory rather than an enclosed building, so it pairs with the preposition на instead of в. Because there is motion towards a destination, it is in the Accusative case, changing the ending from -а to -у.
Why is ехать in the infinitive form?
When you use a conjugated modal verb like мочь (can/to be able to), the second verb expressing the action must be in the infinitive. Since может is already conjugated to match the subject (турист), the second verb stays in its dictionary form: ехать.
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