Breakdown of Отвези меня, пожалуйста, на вокзал.
я
I
вокзал
train station
пожалуйста
please
отвезти
to take, to drive (somebody somewhere, perfective)
Questions & Answers about Отвези меня, пожалуйста, на вокзал.
Why is there an от- prefix on this verb if the lesson is about везти and возить?
The prefix от- adds the meaning of moving "away from here to a destination and dropping someone/something off." When added to the unidirectional (one-way) verb везти, it creates the perfective verb отвезти for a single, completed trip. Отвези is the command form: "Take me (away from here to there)."
How do we know this means taking by vehicle and not walking?
The root of this word comes from везти, which strictly means transporting by vehicle. If you wanted someone to walk you or lead you to the station on foot, you would use a command based on вести (to lead): Отведи меня. They sound very similar, but the з in отвези tells you that wheels are involved!
Why is the command отвези used here instead of отвезите?
Отвези is the informal singular command, used when talking to one person you address as ты (like a friend, family member, or partner). If you were giving directions to a taxi driver or someone you address formally as вы, you would need to add -те to the end of the verb: Отвезите меня, пожалуйста, на вокзал.
Why do we use the preposition на here instead of в?
The word вокзал (train station) is a special exception in Russian. It always requires the preposition на instead of в, both for location ("at the station") and for direction ("to the station"). Since this sentence shows motion towards a destination, на is followed by the Accusative case (which looks identical to the dictionary form here, because вокзал is an inanimate masculine noun).
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