Breakdown of Мы доберёмся туда на самолёте.
мы
we
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
туда
there (destination)
самолёт
airplane
Questions & Answers about Мы доберёмся туда на самолёте.
The lesson is about using the preposition по for 'by means of'. Why does this sentence use на самолёте instead of по самолёту to mean 'by airplane'?
While the preposition по with the dative case is used for means of communication (like по телефону for 'by phone'), modes of transportation follow a different rule. To say you travel 'by' a vehicle, Russian uses на followed by the prepositional case. That is why it is на самолёте here.
What is the dictionary form of доберёмся, and how is it built?
It comes from the perfective verb добраться, which means 'to get to' or 'to reach' a destination. It is built from the root verb брать (to take) combined with the prefix до- (meaning 'as far as' or 'up to') and the reflexive ending -ся.
Is доберёмся in the present tense or future tense?
It is in the future tense ('will get'). Because добраться is a perfective verb, which focuses on a completed result, conjugating it with regular present-tense endings automatically creates the future tense in Russian.
Why does the sentence use туда instead of там for 'there'?
Там is used for a static location to describe where something already is. Туда is used for direction and motion to describe where someone is going. Because we are traveling toward a destination, we must use the directional word туда.