Breakdown of Вчера водитель возил бинты и кислород весь день.
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день
day
вчера
yesterday
водитель
driver
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone
возить
to transport by vehicle (multidirectional)
кислород
oxygen
бинт
bandage
Questions & Answers about Вчера водитель возил бинты и кислород весь день.
Why do we use возил here instead of вёз?
Both mean 'transported by vehicle', but возил is the multidirectional verb and вёз is unidirectional. Because the driver was doing this весь день (all day), it implies he was making multiple trips back and forth or driving around continuously, rather than making one single journey from point A to point B.
Why don't the words бинты and кислород change their endings?
They are in the accusative case because they are the direct objects being transported. However, because they are inanimate things (not alive), their accusative forms look exactly the same as their dictionary forms.
How does весь день mean 'all day' without a preposition?
In Russian, when you want to state how long an action lasted, you use the accusative case without any preposition. So весь день expresses 'for the whole day' simply by being in the accusative case.
Does the masculine noun водитель mean the driver is definitely male?
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