| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The little man is at work. | Der kleine Mann ist bei der Arbeit. |
| the form (an official paper to be filled in) | das Formular |
| to need | brauchen |
| he needs | er braucht |
| He needs a form. | Er braucht ein Formular. |
| the booth /counter | der Schalter |
| from /of + the (dative) | vom von +dem = vom |
| He needs a form from window (counter) one. | Er braucht ein Formular vom Schalter eins. |
| the hall | die Halle |
| the entrance | der Eingang |
| the entrance hall | die Eingangshalle |
| in the entrance hall | in der Eingangshalle |
| He needs a form from window (counter) one in the entrance hall. | Er braucht ein Formular vom Schalter eins in der Eingangshalle. |
| There are many people in the entrance hall. | In der Eingangshalle sind viele Leute. |
| the conference /meeting | die Konferenz |
| just now | gerade |
| The meeting is just over. | Die Konferenz ist gerade zu Ende. |
| the door | die Tür |
| to open (up) ( by oneself - no actor) | aufgehen |
| the door opens | die Tür geht auf |
| the room | das Zimmer |
| the door of the meeting room | die Tür des Konferenzzimmers die Tür des Konferenzzimmers- Genitive You can of course combine all three words in one combo die Konferenzzimmertür Usually we don't make combos longer than 2 maximum 3 words, but all is possible |
| suddenly (p) | plötzlich |
| Suddenly (p) the door of the meeting room opens | Plötzlich geht die Tür des Konferenzzimmers auf. |
| to come out | herauskommen |
| the boss comes out | der Chef kommt heraus |
| the co-workers | die Mitarbeiter arbeiten - to work der Arbeiter -the worker mit -with der Mitarbeiter -the co-worker die Mitarbeiter - the co-workers machen - to do /make mitmachen - to participate ich mache mit - I participate |
| his (pl) | seine |
| the boss and his co-workers | der Chef und seine Mitarbeiter |
| the boss and the (female) boss | der Chef und die Chefin |
| the co-worker and the (female) co-worker | der Mitarbeiter und die Mitarbeiterin |
| the secretary | der Sekretär |
| the secretary and the (female) secretary | der Sekretär und die Sekretärin |
| The boss comes out with his co-workers. | Der Chef kommt heraus mit seinen Mitarbeitern. Mit wem ?- with whom ? dative mit seinen Mitarbeitern |
| as if frozen / like frozen | wie erstarrt |
| The little man stops as if frozen. | Der kleine Mann bleibt wie erstarrt stehen. |
| next to | neben Neben is a preposition that works both with dative and with accussative. dative neben wem? - next to whom? Das Glas steht neben der Flasche. - The glass is standing next to the bottle. location accusative neben wen oder was? - next to whom or what? Ich stelle das Glas neben die Flasche. - I put the glass next to the bottle. direction |
| Next to the boss (dative) | neben dem Chef |
| The beautiful woman walks next to the boss. | Neben dem Chef geht die schöne Frau. In this example the woman is moving. However she is not moving towards the boss. They are already next to each other and move on together.
So she is positioned/located next to the boss and this needs a dative. |
| The beautiful woman is the secretary of the boss. | Die schöne Frau ist die Sekretärin des Chefs. die Sekretärin des Chefs - Genitive - the secretary of the boss |
| to talk to each other / to chat | sich unterhalten |
| They are talking to each other. | Sie unterhalten sich. |
| the eyes | die Augen |
| into the eyes (direction> accusative) | in die Augen |
| deep | tief |
| (while doing this) | dabei lit. 'with that' |
| The boss looks (while doing this) deeply into her eyes | Der Chef sieht ihr dabei tief in die Augen. dabei (while doing this) refers to the sentence before. What was he still doing? Sie unterhalten sich... they were talking. So while talking he looks deep into her eyes. |
| clearly | deutlich |
| The little man sees it clearly. | Der kleine Mann sieht es deutlich. |
| more | mehr |
| His bos wants more ... | Sein Chef will mehr ... |
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