Can you explain the grammar in the sentence «Я тут брату гостинцы вёз.»?
Что это? - Я тут брату гостинцы вёз.
My guess is that it means something like this:
What's that? I was bringing this to my brother at the hotel.
Does тут mean the place "here" or the object that he has? I understand brother is in the dative case as it brought *to* him. But why is "гостница" in the genitive case, what does this signify?
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Marina's answer is good, I guess)
I just want to add:
гостиница = a hotel гостиницы(plural)
гостинец = a gift гостинцы(plural)
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Я (что делал?) вёз
Вёз (кому?чему?) брату
Вёз брату (кого?что?) гостинцы
тут= It points to the insignificance of the action, usually used as a hitch in the story, an expression of insecurity, shyness in speech
Я тут подумал....Он тут хотел сказать....Она тут купила какие-то конфеты, я не знаю что это за конфеты, но они вкусные....Да тут такое дело....
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Что это? - Я тут брату гостинцы вёз.
What's that? I've just brought gifts to my brother.
Гостинец (гостинцы) - it's like present from somebody who live far away, or from you if you back (come) from some place, or long tip or ....
тут - not only here, also it mean at this moment, near, imediatly and many others
But in this case, I think, it mean just... It better use just for convert Russian meaning into English
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Гостинец -a gift brought from somewhere, from another city, country, region. In this region there is no such thing, or difficult to get
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Я тут (ПОТОМУ ЧТО Я) брату гостинцы вёз.
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