Breakdown of Почему ты так медленно подходишь к двери?
дверь
door
ты
you (singular)
медленно
slowly
почему
why
так
so, like this
к
towards, to
подходить
to approach, to come up to (imperfective)
Questions & Answers about Почему ты так медленно подходишь к двери?
Why do we use к here instead of в or на to mean "to"?
The preposition к means "towards" or "up to" the outside of something. Because you are approaching the door but not going inside it, you use к, which requires the Dative case.
Why does the word for door end in -и (двери) instead of -е for the Dative case?
Most feminine nouns end in -а or -я and change to -е in the Dative case. However, дверь is a feminine noun that ends in a soft sign (-ь). These types of nouns drop the soft sign and add -и in the Dative case.
How does the verb подходишь relate to the preposition к?
The verb подходишь is made of the prefix под- (approaching) and ходить (to walk). Verbs of motion with the под- prefix almost always pair with the preposition к because they both express moving "towards" or "up to" a target.
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