Breakdown of В августе мы никуда не едем, потому что билеты очень дорогие.
не
not
мы
we
очень
very
потому что
because
ехать
to go (by vehicle)
дорогой
expensive
билет
ticket
в
on / during (a time period)
никуда
nowhere, not anywhere (with не)
август
August
Questions & Answers about В августе мы никуда не едем, потому что билеты очень дорогие.
Why does the Russian word for August end with the letter е in this sentence?
To say in a certain month, Russian uses the preposition в followed by the Prepositional case. Since август is a masculine noun ending in a consonant, you add е to make it в августе. This rule is very handy because all months in Russian are masculine, so they all take this exact same ending!
Why are there two negative words, никуда and не, in the same clause?
Russian requires double negatives! Whenever you use a negative word like никуда (nowhere or anywhere), you must also place не (not) directly in front of the verb. A literal translation would be in August we nowhere not go.
Why use едем for going instead of another verb of motion?
Едем is used specifically for going by transport. Because the second half of the sentence mentions buying tickets, the speakers are clearly traveling by some sort of vehicle like a plane or train. If they were walking, they would use a different verb that means going on foot.
Why does the plural adjective дорогие end in -ие instead of the usual plural ending -ые?
This happens because of the Russian 7-letter spelling rule. You are never allowed to write the letter ы after г (as well as after к, х, ж, ч, ш, and щ). Because of this strict spelling rule, the standard plural ending -ые changes to -ие.
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