"Мы за день проехали тысячу километров!"
Translation:We drove one thousand kilometers in a day!
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"a day" is slang for "per day," so it means on a regular basis. "In a day" means that particular day.
Hi buddies. I wonder if one could say... Мы (целый) день проезжали тысячу километров!
- Мы за день проехали тысячу километров! Just now.
- Мы за день проезжали тысячу километров! Last month we had a trip and we traveled 1000 kilometers per day.
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This doesn't sound natural. It sounds like "We were driving by [as in 'passing by'] a thousand kilometers the whole day."
Still possible, though. Like in a distant future with light speeds and stuff, when they have their rocket car broken and they spend as much as a whole day to drive for as little as one thousand kilometers.
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would "per day" be translated на день? or would you just have to use the imperfect past tense? what would that even be?
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Мы проезжали тысячу километров в день.
В день means "per day," and the abstract motion verb, also perfective, проезжать, is used as opposed to the concrete motion verb проехать. This is because you are referring to habitual/continuous/unidirectional motion instead of a specific round-trip.
