Breakdown of Девушка вышла из метро и пошла навстречу нам.
и
and
мы
we
метро
subway
пойти
to go (perfective, on foot) / to start (of rain, snow)
из
out of
девушка
young woman
выйти
to exit, go out (pf) / to go beyond
навстречу
towards
Questions & Answers about Девушка вышла из метро и пошла навстречу нам.
Why does the sentence use нам after навстречу?
The preposition навстречу (towards / to meet) always requires the Dative case. нам is the Dative form of the pronoun мы (we).
What is the difference between saying пошла навстречу нам and пошла к нам?
While both translate to "towards us," к just shows the general direction she walked. навстречу contains the root for "meeting" (встреча) and emphasizes that she was specifically moving to intercept or meet up with us.
Why are two different verbs of motion (вышла and пошла) used here?
Russian uses prefixes on verbs of motion to show the exact path. вышла uses the prefix вы- (out) for exiting the subway. пошла uses the prefix по- (setting off) to show she then started her walk towards the group.
из (out of) requires the Genitive case, so why doesn't the ending of метро change?
метро is a borrowed foreign word ending in -о. In Russian, many of these types of nouns (like кино or кафе) are indeclinable, meaning their spelling never changes regardless of the grammatical case.
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