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Verbs of Motion

Unidirectional vs multidirectional

Motion verbs split: unidirectional vs multidirectional

іти (going now) vs ходити (goes regularly).

📊 Verbs of motion
On foot By vehicle Sense
іти їхати going now (one direction)
ходити їздити going habitually / round trips
пішов поїхав set off (perfective)
💬 Examples
Я йду до школи.
Ya ydu do shkoly.
I'm going to school (now).
📝 іти = one specific trip
Я ходжу до школи.
Ya khodzhu do shkoly.
I go to school (regularly).
📝 ходити = habitual / repeated
On foot vs by vehicle

іти/ходити (walk) vs їхати/їздити (ride/drive).

💬 Examples
Я їду до Києва.
Ya yidu do Kyyeva.
I'm going (by transport) to Kyiv.
📝 їхати = by vehicle
Я їжджу на роботу автобусом.
Ya yizhdzhu na robotu avtobusom.
I commute to work by bus.
📝 їздити = habitual, by vehicle
Prefixes build directional perfectives

прийти (arrive), піти (set off), вийти (go out).

💬 Examples
Я прийшов додому.
Ya pryyshov dodomu.
I arrived home. (m)
📝 при- = arrival
Вона вийшла.
Vona vyyshla.
She went out. (f)
📝 ви- = exit (вийти)