Breakdown of Медсестра везёт бинты и кровь для пациента.
и
and
медсестра
nurse
для
for
пациент
patient
везти
to transport by vehicle (unidirectional)
кровь
blood
бинт
bandage
Questions & Answers about Медсестра везёт бинты и кровь для пациента.
Why does the sentence use везёт instead of возит?
Везёт is the unidirectional verb, meaning the nurse is transporting the supplies in one single direction right now (on her way to the patient). If she did this regularly or back-and-forth, we would use the multidirectional verb возит.
Does везёт mean the nurse is driving a car?
Not necessarily! While везти means to transport 'by vehicle' or 'by transport', in a hospital setting it usually means pushing something on wheels, like a medical cart or a wheelchair. If she were carrying the bandages simply in her hands, the sentence would use несёт.
Why doesn't the word кровь (blood) change its ending, since it is the direct object being transported?
It actually is in the accusative (direct object) case here! Кровь is a feminine noun ending in a soft sign (-ь). For this specific group of nouns, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the dictionary (nominative) form.
Why is there an -а at the end of пациента?
The preposition для (for) always requires the genitive case. Since пациент (patient) is a masculine noun, it takes the -а ending in the genitive.
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