Question | Answer |
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in the masculine, neuter preposition | im in dem is almost always contracted to im The only exception is when you point at a place and insist 'inside this one, not in the other one' |
in the house phrase | im Haus |
The man is in the house. sentence | Der Mann ist im Haus. |
in the coffee phrase | im Kaffee |
the fly noun | die Fliege |
a fly phrase | eine Fliege |
There is a fly in the coffee. sentence | Im Kaffee ist eine Fliege. Let's have an old German joke:D additional vocabulary: Herr - mr./sir Ober - waiter (No one says this nowadays. The vocabulary is as outdated as the joke:D Seien Sie still ! Be quiet! (polite) sonst - otherwise die anderen - the others wollen - to want Herr Ober, da ist eine Fliege in meinem Kaffee ! Seien Sie still, sonst wollen die anderen auch eine. |
the cup noun | die Tasse |
in the cup phrase | in der Tasse |
There is coffee in the cup. sentence | In der Tasse ist Kaffee. |
The coffee is in the cup. sentence | Der Kaffee ist in der Tasse. |
The cup is in the house. sentence | Die Tasse ist im Haus. |
The fly is in the house. sentence | Die Fliege ist im Haus. |
at the masculine, neuter preposition | an dem an dem is almost always contracted to am |
at the masculine, neuter preposition | am |
the neighbour table noun | der Nachbartisch |
at the neighbour table phrase | am Nachbartisch |
A woman is sitting at the neighbour table. sentence | Am Nachbartisch sitzt eine Frau. |
the beginning noun | der Anfang |
at the beginning of the story sentence | am Anfang der Geschichte am + Dative am Anfang der Geschichte - of the story - Genitive |
At the beginning of the story, the little man is unhappy. sentence | Am Anfang der Geschichte ist der kleine Mann unglücklich. Watch out for the word order! Whenever we start the sentence with a time expression the verb moves before the subject.
Er (1) ist (2) unglücklich. Am Anfang ist (2) er (1) unglücklich. |
the window noun | das Fenster |
at the window phrase | am Fenster |
There is a fly at the window. sentence | Am Fenster sitzt eine Fliege. Did you notice: in German the fly sits at the window. |
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