Breakdown of Завтра мы дойдём до водопада.
мы
we
завтра
tomorrow
до
as far as, up to
дойти
to reach (on foot, pf)
водопад
waterfall
Questions & Answers about Завтра мы дойдём до водопада.
How does the prefix до- change the base verb in дойдём?
The prefix до- adds the meaning of reaching a limit or destination. Since the base verb is идти (to go on foot), дойти means to walk as far as or to reach a place on foot.
Why do we use the preposition до instead of в or на for 'to the waterfall'?
Verbs starting with the prefix до- almost always pair with the preposition до (which takes the Genitive case). This combination emphasizes the effort of making it all the way up to that specific boundary, rather than just heading into a location.
Why is the word for waterfall spelled водопада here?
The preposition до always requires the Genitive case. The dictionary form is водопад (a masculine noun ending in a hard consonant), so we add -а to form the Genitive.
Why does дойдём translate to the future tense 'will reach' if there is no future helper verb like будем?
Дойти is a perfective verb, meaning it focuses on a successfully completed result. Perfective verbs do not have a present tense in Russian. When you conjugate them using standard present-tense endings like -ём, the meaning automatically becomes the future tense.
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