"Last year we went to Poland and Slovakia."

Translation: Vloni jsme jely do Polska a na Slovensko.

[fehrerdef]

are there any rules for which countries to use "do" and for which "na"? Or do I have to learn them by heart?

[VladaFu]

See https://www.duolingo.com/comment/26202454$

[fehrerdef]

thanks.

[RickardHol3]

I tried writing
"vloni jsme sli do polska a na slovensko"

Why can't we use "sli" here, and why do we have to use "jeli" ?

[fehrerdef]

I'm not quite sure whether "šli" is not an option, but that would at least imply that you went there walking (i.e. on your feet, not using car or train).

[RickardHol3]

Yeah, it kinda makes sense due to the distance beeing so long! Diky moc!

[fehrerdef]

Well, the distance depends on where you start. Czech Republic has common borders to both countries. :-)

[RickardHol3]

Haha :D thats true ! once in slovakia I crossed the polish border on a bike just to buy tomatoes :P

[fehrerdef]

by bike would still be "jet", not "jít" :-)

[LukasBlech]

Add "Minulý rok jsme jeli do Polska a na Slovensko"

[VladaFu]

added

[Willem380762]

"Vloni jsme jezdili do Polska a na Slovensko " is correct?

[VladaFu]

It means you went there regularly, more than once (and probably more than twice) to each of the countries. I do not think that is the meaning of the English sentence.

[stdeykun]

Is "jely" in perfective aspect? I was trying to use "pojeli" here.

[VladaFu]

Jely is strictly speaking imperfective (jet) but it is the right verb to use here. Pojeli does not exist. There are perfective words like odjet - to leave, to depart, but the meaning is different.