Travel in Russian: A Trip to Remember

Everything in this chapter — motion verbs, transport, the past tense — was building toward this: taking a trip and telling the story afterwards. Pack the vocabulary and go.

The Kit

Вот мой паспорт.

Here's my passport.

Note: The reception desk sentence. Вот — the pointing word from Chapter 1, still working hard.

Booked It

Здравствуйте! Я забронировал номер.

Hello! I've booked a room. (a woman says: забронировала)

Note: A mouthful now, a superpower at reception — and a perfect specimen of the past tense you just learned.

Holiday Words

Летом мы были на море. Это был лучший отпуск!

In summer we were at the seaside. It was the best vacation!

Note: были + на море — the classic vacation sentence, past tense doing the remembering.

Getting There

доехать до + genitive — to get to:

Common Mistakes

Номер as only “number”. In a hotel, номер IS the room: Я забронировал номер.
на море vs в море. You vacation на море (at the seaside); только рыбы живут в море.
Forgetting your past-tense gender. Забронировал/забронировала — the reception hears it.

What You Can Do Now

You can book a room, check in with your passport, ask the way to anywhere, and — best of all — come home and tell the whole story in the past tense.