Breakdown of Они хотят безопасно пройти через парк.
парк
park
они
they
хотеть
to want
через
through
пройти
to pass (perfective)
безопасно
safely
Questions & Answers about Они хотят безопасно пройти через парк.
Why use пройти here instead of перейти?
The prefix про- focuses on moving through or past a space, which makes sense for walking through a park. The prefix пере- implies crossing over an obstacle or moving from one distinct side to another, like crossing a street (перейти улицу) or a bridge.
Why is пройти followed by через парк? What case is парк in?
When talking about going through a space, the verb пройти is commonly paired with the preposition через (through). Через always takes the accusative case. Because парк is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its dictionary form.
After хотят (they want), why do we use the perfective verb пройти instead of the imperfective проходить?
We use the perfective пройти because they want to successfully complete the action of passing through the park on this one specific occasion. If they were talking about a desire to make a regular habit of walking through the park, they would use the imperfective проходить.
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