Word
Шофёр едет в город.
Meaning
The driver is going to the city.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Шофёр едет в город.
город
city
в
in / to (direction)
ехать
to go (by vehicle)
шофёр
driver, chauffeur
Questions & Answers about Шофёр едет в город.
Why use едет instead of идёт for "is going"?
Russian has different verbs for going by foot and going by vehicle. Идёт is used for walking, while едет is used for traveling by a vehicle. Since a driver (шофёр) is going, they are naturally using transport.
Why does город look exactly like its dictionary form if it is the destination?
When indicating a destination (going to a place) with the preposition в, you must use the Accusative case. For masculine inanimate nouns like город (a non-living thing), the Accusative form is completely identical to the dictionary form.
Is the letter д at the end of город pronounced like a normal English "d"?
No, it sounds like a т (t). In Russian, when a voiced consonant like д appears at the very end of a word, it is "devoiced," meaning it changes its sound to its unvoiced pair.
How do we know which syllable is stressed in шофёр?
The letter ё gives it away! A very helpful rule for beginners is that whenever a Russian word contains the letter ё, that syllable always takes the stress. You will emphasize the end of the word.