Thread: Help With Phrases Referring To Going Somewhere

Hello forum members,
So I typed three sentences here into Google translate:
У меня идти.
У меня пойти.
У меня есть идти/пойти.

Now all of these mean "I have to go", but I'm not sure which one is correct, or from what context each of them are. Could you please tell me the difference between the sentences I just typed? And could you include any other better sentences I should use if needed? Any help is appreciated!

I have to - is a set expression in English.

usually translates into Russian as должен, надо. (close in meaning to 'must').

So 'I have to go' corresponds to Я должен идти. Мне надо идти. (implies I have to go due to circumstances)

У меня - is used when you mean 'possession'. I have a book = У меня есть книга. (Lit., By me (In my possession) is a book).

As for У меня идти. У меня пойти. У меня есть идти/пойти. - they all do not make sense, as there is no possession described here.

Originally Posted by alexsms

I have to - is a set expression in English.

usually translates into Russian as должен, надо. (close in meaning to 'must').

So 'I have to go' corresponds to Я должен идти. Мне надо идти. (implies I have to go due to circumstances)

У меня - is used when you mean 'possession'. I have a book = У меня есть книга. (Lit., By me (In my possession) is a book).

As for У меня идти. У меня пойти. У меня есть идти/пойти. - they all do not make sense, as there is no possession described here.

I see now, thank you for correcting me and giving me alternative sentences. I have one more question; what is the difference between "идти" and "пойти"?

идти is about process itself, пойти is more "abstract"

compare: "Пойдём в кино?" (let's go to the cinema?) - here you don't want to mind every your step and without context even cannot answer the question "when?", you just propose to get to the movie theater sometime, somehow.

with "must go" you should, however, use идти: "Я должен идти" (now)
"Я должен пойти" is also possible, but you should add Where: "Я должен пойти к Робертсонам на свадьбу!" (may be, in couple of months)

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

идти is about process itself, пойти is more "abstract"

compare: "Пойдём в кино?" (let's go to the cinema?) - here you don't want to mind every your step and without context even cannot answer the question "when?", you just propose to get to the movie theater sometime, somehow.

with "must go" you should, however, use идти: "Я должен идти" (now)
"Я должен пойти" is also possible, but you should add Where: "Я должен пойти к Робертсонам на свадьбу!" (may be, in couple of months)

Благодарю, maxmixiv. Just correcting your sentence here, say "here you don't want to mind your every step", rather than "every your step". Also rather than saying "and without context even cannot answer", say "and without context cannot even answer".