Breakdown of В апреле туристы заранее бронируют туры.
турист
tourist
в
on / during (a time period)
апрель
April
заранее
in advance
бронировать
to book
тур
tour
Questions & Answers about В апреле туристы заранее бронируют туры.
Why is the ending -е used in в апреле?
To say 'in' a specific month, Russian uses the preposition в with the Prepositional case. The dictionary form is апрель (April). Since it is a masculine noun ending in a soft sign, the soft sign is replaced by -е in the Prepositional case.
Why does the verb бронируют (they book) look so different from its infinitive бронировать?
Verbs ending in -овать belong to a special, very common group. When you conjugate them in the present tense, the -ова- part changes to -у-. So, instead of saying бронировают (which is incorrect), the stem becomes брониру- and then you add the regular 'they' ending -ют.
Is туры (tours) in the Nominative case here?
It looks like it, but it is actually in the Accusative case because the tours are the direct object (the things being booked). For inanimate masculine nouns like тур, the Accusative plural form is exactly the same as the Nominative plural form.
Does заранее (in advance) end in -ее because it is a comparative word, like 'faster' or 'better'?
No. Although many comparative words do end in -ее, заранее is simply a fixed adverb meaning 'in advance' or 'beforehand'. It was historically built from the preposition за (for/before) and an old form of the word 'early', but today you just memorize it as one set vocabulary word.
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