Word
Вечером мы отправимся на вокзал.
Meaning
In the evening we will head to the station.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Вечером мы отправимся на вокзал.
мы
we
вечером
in the evening
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
вокзал
train station
Questions & Answers about Вечером мы отправимся на вокзал.
Why does the sentence start with вечером instead of just вечер?
Вечером is the Instrumental case of вечер (evening). In Russian, to say when something happens during a general part of the day (like morning, afternoon, or evening), you change the noun into the Instrumental case. So, вечер becomes вечером to mean "in the evening".
What does the -ся at the end of отправимся do?
The -ся ending makes the verb reflexive. The base verb отправить means "to send" (like sending a letter or a package). When you add -ся, the action applies to the subject itself—literally "to send oneself." In natural English, we translate this as "to head out," "to set off," or "to depart."
How do we know отправимся is in the future tense if there is no future helper word like будем?
Отправиться is a perfective verb, which means it focuses on a completed action or result. In Russian, perfective verbs do not use helper words like будем. When you conjugate a perfective verb using standard present-tense endings (like the -им in отправим-ся for "we"), it automatically creates the future tense.
Why do we use the preposition на (на вокзал) instead of в to mean "to the station"?