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Usages of das Café
Er geht in ein Café.
He goes into a coffee shop.
Er geht in ein Café, um einen Kaffee zu trinken.
He goes into a coffee shop in order to drink a coffee.
ein Café
a coffee shop
ein kleines Café
a small coffee shop
the indefinite neutral adjective takes an s
das kleine Café
ein kleines Café
das große Kind
ein großes Kind
Es ist ein kleines Café.
It is a small coffee shop.
Am nächsten Tag geht der kleine Mann wieder ins Café.
The following day the little man goes into the coffee shop again.
in + das = ins (direction > accusative)
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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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