Breakdown of Автобус номер семнадцать едет туда.
ехать
to go (by vehicle)
автобус
bus
туда
there (destination)
номер
number (phone, room)
семнадцать
seventeen
Questions & Answers about Автобус номер семнадцать едет туда.
Why do we use the cardinal number семнадцать (seventeen) instead of the ordinal number "seventeenth"?
When talking about public transport routes, rooms, or houses in Russian, you use the word номер (number) followed by the cardinal number (like one, two, seventeen). This is exactly like saying "number seventeen" in English.
How do you remember the spelling of семнадцать?
The teens in Russian are formed by combining the base number + на (on) + дцать (an old word for ten). So семнадцать is literally семь (seven) + на + дцать. Notice that the soft sign (ь) from семь stays in the middle of the word!
Why is the verb едет used here instead of идёт?
Едет is from ехать, the verb for going by transport. Since a bus is a vehicle, this is the standard way to say it is driving somewhere. You might occasionally hear Russians use идёт for a scheduled bus route, but едет is the best choice for a moving vehicle.
Why does the sentence use туда for "there" instead of там?
Там is used for static location (where something currently is), while туда is used for direction (where something is going). Because the bus is in motion toward a destination, we need the directional word туда.
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