I'm trying to understand the difference between "в" and "на". So far I think I get the idea of when to use which. I though "в" was for countries, so I want to know why we say "Мы едем в Петербург" but we also say "Поезд на Петербург".
Sorry for the question not being in Russian, but I'm still too much of a beginner to word this whole question in Russian.
Thank you!
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- ElMonoEnAltaMarAugust 2017
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ferralityAugust 2017 From my point of view "Поезд на Петербург" sounds like "Поезд на Берлин" (as people said during WWII) - kind of agressive or smth like that. So "Мы едем в Петербург/Москву/Россию/Испанию" is 100% correct. "На" is usually used with sides of the world ("Мы едем на юг/север/восток/запад") or islands ("Мы летим на Шри-Ланку"), or mountains ("Мы собираемся взобраться на Эверест"). |
Saida1992August 2017 На' used not often, you shoud say В' about cities. Also in russian you can say Поезд до Петербурга))and it will be correct too |
AlytonaAugust 2017 I think, you can say also "Поезд в Петербург", it will correct. But if you will say "Едем на Петербург", it will incorrect. "Самолет на Петербург" - it will not correct too. Otherwise, "Рейс на Петербург" - it is right. On phylological forums written, that rule for that case is not exist. In any case, "в" will more reliably, because 'в' is mean 'inside'. But is incorrect to say "в север, в юг", correct is "на север, на юг". May be, 'на' is used when destination is side of world (north, south, etc.)? |