[Ver005] Ехать

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Ехать - This verb follows type I conjugation and means:

To go, by vehicle - ride, drive

Aand now that we know how to construct the past tense:

Note: Ехать implies a 'direction' or that you're moving towards a certain place. If you're just 'going for a drive/ride", usually when riding a bike, snowboarding, skiing, skating, you use a different verb - кататься(although you can also, technically ехать on all of these too - if you were to, for instance snowboard to work as opposed to just 'go snowboarding'). This can also be used for driving a car, as long as it's without a specific point/direction. I think the best way to translate it in English is to 'go for a ride/drive'. Кататься has a more leisurely feel to it, whereas ехать has a feeling that there's a goal other than enjoyment :).