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Они всегда привозят нам много подарков.
Meaning
They always bring us a lot of gifts.
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Questions & Answers about Они всегда привозят нам много подарков.
Why use привозят here for 'bring' instead of приносят?
English uses 'bring' for everything, but Russian distinguishes between bringing by foot and bringing by transport. привозят is based on the verb возить (to transport by vehicle). If they were walking over and carrying the gifts by hand, you would use приносят.
How does the prefix при- work in this verb?
The prefix при- means 'arrival'. When you attach it to возить (to carry by vehicle), you get привозить, which literally means 'to arrive carrying something by vehicle', or simply 'to bring'. Because this is a repeated habit ('always'), the imperfective form is used.
Why is it нам instead of нас?
нам is the dative case of мы (we). Russian uses the dative case for the receiver or beneficiary of an action. Since we are the ones being given the gifts, 'to us' translates to нам.
Why does the word подарок change to подарков?