Breakdown of Утром геологи поедут в лагерь собирать образцы земли.
утром
in the morning
в
in / to (direction)
собирать
to pack / to collect, gather
поехать
to go (by transport)
геолог
geologist
земля
earth
лагерь
camp
образец
sample
Questions & Answers about Утром геологи поедут в лагерь собирать образцы земли.
Why use поедут instead of едут?
поедут is the future tense of the perfective verb поехать. When you add the prefix по- to a one-way verb of motion like ехать, it creates a perfective verb that emphasizes setting off on a journey or a future plan. If we used едут, it would mean they are driving there right now.
Why is the word for morning, утро, written as утром here?
утром is in the instrumental case. Russian uses the instrumental case without a preposition to talk about parts of the day. So, утро is the dictionary word for morning, and утром means in the morning.
Why does the sentence use в лагерь instead of в лагере?
Because the geologists are traveling to the camp, indicating motion towards a destination. We use the preposition в with the accusative case (лагерь) for destinations. If they were already resting or working inside the camp, we would use the prepositional case (в лагере).
Why is the verb собирать in its infinitive form?
Just like in English, Russian uses an infinitive verb to show the purpose of a journey. You can put the infinitive собирать (to collect) right after the destination to show that they will set off to the camp in order to collect samples.
What case is земли and why?
земли is the genitive case of земля (earth or soil). Russian uses the genitive case to link two nouns together, similar to the English word of. So образцы земли literally translates to samples of soil.
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