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"I am in the park."
Translation:Я в парке.
November 7, 2015
19 Comments
slycelote
2296
When в is used as location (translated as "in"), it requires prepositional case. When в is used as direction (translated as "to" or "into"), it requires accusative case. So, Я в парк is an informal variant of Я иду в парк and means "I'm going to the park".
ljkemper
252
I’m assuming this is one of those instances where you just have to remember, but since this is an open space, it seems to me like you should say на парке. Is there a way I could have figured this out? I saw it asked before with no response.
VlasovArtem
167
Sorry for a long wait. The prepositions "в (во)" usually means "in, inside" and "на" means "on, on the surface of", probably with some exceptions.