Word
Sie lächelt zu ihm herüber.
Meaning
She smiles at him.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Note
We are watching the story from the eyes of the little man. So the smile comes towards us: herüberBreakdown of Sie lächelt zu ihm herüber.
sie
she
zu
to; at
herüber
towards here
her means towards here
über means over
The combination of both words describes a movement towards the speaker.
The opposite of her is hin meaning towards there
hinüber describes a movement away from the speaker.
A way to remember this is the movement of the swing. It goes forth (away) and back, forth and back = hin und her, hin und her...
lächeln
to smile
ihm
Dative form of er
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