Going on foot and by vehicle

What you will practice

• Use идти for one trip on foot and ходить for a habit.
• Use ехать for one trip by vehicle and ездить for a habit.
• Use в школу for a destination, not в школе.

Explanation

On foot

One trip on foot, happening now or aimed one way, uses идти. Я иду в школу means I am going to school. A habit uses ходить: Я хожу в школу каждый день. Я иду каждый день puts the one-direction verb on a repeated schedule. This lesson has no prefixes. пойти and прийти are a different topic.

By vehicle

A vehicle uses a different pair. One trip is ехать: Я еду на работу. A habit is ездить: Я езжу на работу каждый день. Do not use иду for a bus or a car. Do not use еду for a walk. The я form of the habit verb is езжу, with жж.

Destination

The place you are going toward is accusative, not prepositional. в школу is the destination. в школе means you are already there. Я иду в школу and Я в школе are not the same sentence. Work as a destination is на работу. Work as a location is на работе, from the previous lesson. Motion picks the destination form.

Examples

1. Я иду в школу.one trip on foot
2. Я хожу в школу каждый день.a habit on foot
3. Я еду на работу.one trip by vehicle
4. Я езжу на работу каждый день.a habit by vehicle
5. Я в школе.already at school

Common mistakes

• каждый день takes хожу or езжу, not иду or еду.
• A destination is в школу. в школе is location.