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Как мы доберёмся до отеля с багажом?
Meaning
How will we get to the hotel with the luggage?
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Questions & Answers about Как мы доберёмся до отеля с багажом?
Why do we use the verb доберёмся here to mean 'get to'?
It is the future tense of добраться, which means 'to reach' or 'to get to' a destination. The -ся ending makes it reflexive, focusing on the subject getting themselves somewhere, rather than taking something else there.
Why does the sentence use до отеля instead of в отель?
The verb доберёмся starts with the prefix до- (up to / reaching). In Russian, verbs starting with до- strongly prefer to pair with the preposition до followed by the Genitive case (here, отеля). This pairing emphasizes successfully reaching the destination limit.
Since the lesson is about 'by means of', could we use the preposition по to say we are getting there 'by bus' (по автобусу)?
No, that is a common mix-up! While the Dative preposition по is used for 'by means of' communication (like по телефону - by phone), physical transportation relies on the preposition на + Prepositional case. To say 'by bus', you would say на автобусе.
Why does the word багаж change to багажом?