- Forum >
- Topic: Russian >
- "I am going to St. Petersburg…
"I am going to St. Petersburg."
Translation:Я еду в Петербург.
46 Comments
If you're indicating motion towards something, you use the accusative case. "В петербург"
First is by some mode of transport, like a car or train, the second indicates by foot. But native Russians can confirm or deny this statememt of mine...
Im not native but can confirm. Идеть and ходить are on foot. So its implied if youre going to anotger country youre probably not walking
Yea, I thought it looked weird. Haven't been to Russia in 10 years, I'm a little rusty, that's why I'm here.
And "Петер" is wrong as well, I think we should be given some more leniancy. What do you think ?
576
That is right. Consonant ending nouns decline like this in Accusative: If they are Animate - Like in Genitive If they are Inanimate - Like in nominative
"поеду" should be correct too, because we can use the same sentence in english to indicate future action. "i'm going to petersburg next year."
In the lesson notes for Verbs Present 2, it says 'I am going (right now)' is Я иду́. Why isn't Я иду в Петербург accepted for this question then?
That would mean you go there on foot. But since it's not impossible, I guess it should be accepted.
Where do you find these lesson notes? I would love to see tables of declensions etc - it would make it much easier for me to remember than just use in sentences! I have no clear knowledge of what word endings should be because of not having good old fashioned tables!
ходить is used for walking/saying that you usually go to that place. Here, you're saying that you're going to Petersburg this time, so it's used идти
A rule of thumb is something like whenever you're "going to" a place with a proper name like St. Petersburg or Moscow or Belarus or another city or country, it is assumed that you are going to be using some sort of transport (not going on foot) and so you should use ехать or поехать (when perfective is needed).
The verb еду was not listed in the hints! How can you possibly say it's required when you don't even show it as a feasible answer? This is stupid
Yes. The above sentence illustrates many of the problems with this Duolingo Russian course. Almost every comment in the discussion here describes a problem with the question or lesson notes, all of which could be addressed. But sadly there haven't been any meaningful improvements to this course since I first looked at it a couple of years ago.
- 714
That should be an accepted alternative although my understanding is that the Санкт is usually dropped these days.
- 574
The ''St.'' can be omitted. Peter the tsar was not a saint. In Russian it is always (in duolingo) : Петербург
Apostle Peter (Simon Peter, Simon, Пётр, Семён) is a saint person in Christianity who lived in Israel. Saint Petersburg = Город имени Святого Апостола Петра
