Thread: Как правильно: в аэропорте или в аэропорту?

Sorry if this has been asked before. Couldn't find the thread in the search.

Wonder which is the correct form to say 'at the airport'? Following grammar rules, I think it should be 'в аэропорте', but I've seen it written 'в аэропорту'.

Originally Posted by tohca

Sorry if this has been asked before. Couldn't find the thread in the search.

Wonder which is the correct form to say 'at the airport'? Following grammar rules, I think it should be 'в аэропорте', but I've seen it written 'в аэропорту'.

Some words have two prepositional forms, one (with stressed -у) used with "в" and "на" and another one (unstressed -е) with other prepositions.
В порту, в лесу, в снегу, but о порте, о лесе, о снеге.

"Аэропорт" since it's derived from "порт" should use the same split prepositional, although I have heard and seen both variants.

Originally Posted by ac220

Originally Posted by tohca

Sorry if this has been asked before. Couldn't find the thread in the search.

Wonder which is the correct form to say 'at the airport'? Following grammar rules, I think it should be 'в аэропорте', but I've seen it written 'в аэропорту'.

Some words have two prepositional forms, one (with stressed -у) used with "в" and "на" and another one (unstressed -е) with other prepositions.
В порту, в лесу, в снегу, but о порте, о лесе, о снеге.

"Аэропорт" since it's derived from "порт" should use the same split prepositional, although I have heard and seen both variants.

Thanks ac220.

It's a classical question. See this: http://www.gramota.ru/spravka/trudnosti/36_136
Even natives do not know what is correct form.

Originally Posted by SAn

It's a classical question. See this: http://www.gramota.ru/spravka/trudnosti/36_136
Even natives do not know what is correct form.

Thanks SAn, but it does conclude with

Правильно
в отпуске.

The question which I gave you the link is about the "в отпуске/в отпуску", but the "в аэропорту/в аэропорте" problem is discussed in the middle of text

In short, they say that 40 years ago the correct variant was "в аэропорте", but people were so often making mistakes, that nowadays the correct form is "в аэропорту", and "в аэропорте" is considered obsolette.

Thanks SAn! Guess I missed that one out as the discussion was real long...