Breakdown of Он часто приводит друзей домой.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
друг
friend
часто
often
домой
home
приводить
to bring (someone), to lead to
Questions & Answers about Он часто приводит друзей домой.
Why do we use приводит here instead of приносит for "brings"?
Russian distinguishes how you bring someone or something. Приводить (to bring by leading) is used for people and animals that can walk on their own. If he were carrying an object, you would use приносить, and if he were driving the friends in a vehicle, you would use привозить.
Why is the word for friends друзей instead of друзья?
The friends are the direct object of the sentence (the people being brought), so they must be in the accusative case. For animate nouns like people and animals in the plural, the accusative case looks exactly like the genitive case. Друг has an irregular plural, making its accusative/genitive plural друзей.
Why does the sentence use домой instead of дома?
Домой means "to home" (indicating direction or destination), which fits perfectly with the motion verb приводит. Дома means "at home" (indicating a static location). Because he is bringing them to his house, you must use the directional word домой.
Why is the imperfective verb приводит used here rather than a perfective verb?
The word часто (often) tells us this is a repeated, habitual action. Habitual actions always require an imperfective verb. Its perfective pair, привести, would be used if he were bringing friends home on one specific, completed occasion.
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