{"id":12206,"date":"2020-01-16T07:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T07:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=12206"},"modified":"2020-01-15T23:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:19:26","slug":"prepositions-of-direction-in-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/prepositions-of-direction-in-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepositions of Direction in Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post will talk about Russian prepositions that are used for talking about motion in Russian. Let&#8217;s look at some common cases.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12212\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12212\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12212\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/train-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"train\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/train-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/train-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/train-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/train-1536x905.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/train-2048x1207.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@an_ku_sh?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Ankush Minda<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u041e\u0442<\/h2>\n<p>\u041e\u0442 means &#8220;from&#8221; but this translation alone may not be helpful because \u0438\u0437 can mean &#8220;from,&#8221; too. \u041e\u0442 is used in the following cases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sender or source of information\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u044b \u0443\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u043e \u043a\u043e\u0301\u043d\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u0443\u0447\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f (We learned about the contest from our teacher).<\/li>\n<li>\u042d\u0301\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0301 \u043e\u0442 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0433\u0430 (This is a letter from a friend).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>protection or remedy\n<ul>\n<li>\u0442\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u0301\u0448\u043b\u044f (anti-cough pills)<\/li>\n<li>\u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0430 \u043e\u0442 \u0440\u0436\u0430\u0301\u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u044b (rust protection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>starting point of a journey or distance, paired up with \u0434\u043e\n<ul>\n<li>\u041f\u043e\u0301\u0435\u0437\u0434 \u0434\u043e\u0435\u0437\u0436\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442 \u043e\u0442 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u044b\u0301 \u0434\u043e \u0421\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0442-\u041f\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0443\u0301\u0440\u0433\u0430 \u0437\u0430 4 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430\u0301 (The train covers the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 4 hours).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u0414\u043e<\/h2>\n<p>\u0414\u043e means &#8220;up to&#8221; in space or time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>quitting time or a final point in time\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0437\u0438\u0301\u043d \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0434\u043e 20 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0301\u0432 (The shop is open until 8 pm).<\/li>\n<li>\u0414\u043e \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0301\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c 2 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430\u0301 (There are 2 hours left until lunchtime).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>final point of a journey, may be paired with \u043e\u0442\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u044b \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0301\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u0435\u0301\u0445\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u044f (We didn&#8217;t quite make it to the sea).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12213\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12213\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/clock-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"clock\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/clock-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/clock-350x260.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/clock-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/clock-1536x1143.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/clock-2048x1524.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@aleskrivec?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Ales Krivec<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/hours?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u041a<\/h2>\n<p>\u041a is similar to \u0434\u043e in that it means &#8220;up to,&#8221; but it has less of a &#8220;final destination&#8221; feel and more of a general direction feel. \u041a is fairly common.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>person or office we are visiting\n<ul>\n<li>\u042f \u0438\u0434\u0443\u0301 \u0432 \u0433\u043e\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043a \u0442\u0451\u0442\u0435 (I&#8217;m going to visit my aunt; <del>\u0434\u043e \u0442\u0451\u0442\u0438<\/del> would be odd in this case).<\/li>\n<li>\u0417\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0448\u0438\u0301\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0451\u043c \u043a \u0432\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0443\u0301 (Make an appointment to see a doctor).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>coming up to something (but not entering)\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u044b \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0448\u043b\u0438\u0301 \u043a \u043f\u0430\u0301\u0440\u043a\u0443 (We got to [the entrance to] the park).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u041d\u0430<\/h2>\n<p>Literally, &#8220;on top of,&#8221; but it can correspond to &#8220;in,&#8221; &#8220;on,&#8221; &#8220;at,&#8221; etc. in English. Its use is often dictated by the noun that follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>destination, with nouns that require it\n<ul>\n<li>\u042f \u0438\u0434\u0443\u0301 \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0443 (I&#8217;m going to work).<\/li>\n<li>\u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0451\u0442 \u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0301\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0443\u0301\u0431\u0443 (The plane is flying to Cuba).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u0421<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;from&#8221; counterpart of \u043d\u0430.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>origin, with nouns that require it\n<ul>\n<li>\u042f \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0430\u0301\u044e\u0441\u044c \u0441 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0442\u044b (I&#8217;m returning from work).<\/li>\n<li>\u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0451\u0442 \u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0301\u0442 \u0441 \u041a\u0443\u0301\u0431\u044b (The plane is flying from Cuba).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12214\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12214\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12214\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"plane\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@marcuszymmer?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marcus Zymmer<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/plane?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u0412<\/h2>\n<p>Literally, &#8220;inside.&#8221; May correspond to &#8220;in&#8221; or &#8220;on.&#8221; Its use depends on the noun that follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>most cities and countries as a destination\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u044b \u0435\u0301\u0434\u0435\u043c \u0432 \u041b\u043e\u0301\u043d\u0434\u043e\u043d (We&#8217;re going to London).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>destination, with certain nouns\n<ul>\n<li>\u041f\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0451\u043c \u0432 \u043a\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0301? (Should we go to the cinema?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u0418\u0437<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;origin&#8221; counterpart of \u0432.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>most cities and countries as an origin\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u044b \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0435\u0301\u0445\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u041b\u043e\u0301\u043d\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0430 (We came from London).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>origin, with certain nouns\n<ul>\n<li>\u041c\u044b \u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443\u0301\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c \u0438\u0437 \u043a\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0301 (We came back from the cinema).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that the question &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221; uses \u043e\u0442: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u041e\u0442<\/span>\u043a\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u044b\/\u0432\u044b? but the answer will often use \u0438\u0437: \u042f <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u0438\u0437<\/span> \u0410\u0440\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0301\u043d\u044b (I&#8217;m from Argentina).<\/p>\n<p>I hope this was useful. What did I miss? What other prepositions would you like to learn about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"plane\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/plane-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>This post will talk about Russian prepositions that are used for talking about motion in Russian. Let&#8217;s look at some common cases. \u041e\u0442 \u041e\u0442 means &#8220;from&#8221; but this translation alone may not be helpful because \u0438\u0437 can mean &#8220;from,&#8221; too. \u041e\u0442 is used in the following cases: sender or source of information \u041c\u044b \u0443\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u043e&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/prepositions-of-direction-in-russian\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":12214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-12206","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","tag-prepositions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12206"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12216,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12206\/revisions\/12216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}