Breakdown of Ты всегда берёшь с собой фен в бассейн?
ты
you (singular)
всегда
always
в
in / to (direction)
с
with (also со)
бассейн
pool
брать
to take (imperfective)
себя
oneself (себе: Dat/Prep)
фен
hair dryer
Questions & Answers about Ты всегда берёшь с собой фен в бассейн?
Why does the sentence use с собой instead of с тобой for "with you"?
собой is the Instrumental case of the reflexive pronoun себя (oneself). In Russian, whenever the pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence (here, Ты), you must use a form of себя. So, instead of saying "You take with you", Russian says "You take with yourself" (с собой).
The verb is берёшь, but I learned "to take" is брать. Where does the "е" come from?
The verb брать has an irregular present tense stem. When conjugated, a vowel "е" appears, changing the root to бер-. Then you add the standard endings, giving you я беру, ты берёшь, он берёт, and so on.
What case is фен (hair dryer) in this sentence?
It is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object—the thing being taken. Since фен is a masculine, inanimate noun (a non-living thing), its Accusative form looks exactly the same as its Nominative (dictionary) form.
Why do we use в бассейн instead of в бассейне?
You are taking the hair dryer to the pool. Because this implies motion toward a destination, the preposition в requires the Accusative case (в бассейн). If you were talking about an action happening while already inside the pool building, you would use the Prepositional case (в бассейне).
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