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Originally Posted by JackBoni
Vaguely along the same lines as the topic post, is there a pattern in Russian concerning when to use "на" and "в"? It seems to be a lot more complicated than the former meaning on, and the latter meaning in or into. Can anyone help with that?
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Джек
There is no universal rule.
As a rough guide, we should say НА means "ON a surface" (with spacial meaning) and В means "INside a space".
But there are a lot of situations where it would not work. And you just have to know how specific situations are expressed.
For example, "in the street" = "на улице" - just accept it