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В мае уже тепло, поэтому мы часто ездим на море.
Meaning
In May it is already warm, so we often go to the sea.
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Breakdown of В мае уже тепло, поэтому мы часто ездим на море.
море
sea
мы
we
часто
often
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
Questions & Answers about В мае уже тепло, поэтому мы часто ездим на море.
Why is it в мае instead of в май?
To say 'in a certain month', Russian uses the preposition в followed by the Prepositional case. The dictionary form for May is май. To put it in the Prepositional case, the ending -й changes to -е, giving us в мае.
Why use ездим here instead of едем for 'we go'?
Both verbs mean 'to go by transport', but they are used differently. You use едем for a single trip happening right now in one direction. However, this sentence includes the word часто (often), meaning this is a repeated, habitual trip. For repeated or round-trip journeys, you must use the multidirectional verb ездить. Ездим is the 'we' form of this verb.
Why does 'it is already warm' translate just to уже тепло without a word for 'it' or 'is'?
Russian doesn't use dummy pronouns like 'it' to talk about the weather or general conditions. The word тепло acts as the state word meaning 'warm'. Also, because the sentence is in the present tense, the 'to be' verb ('is') is completely left out.
Why is it на море instead of в море when saying 'to the sea'?