Breakdown of Wir reisen sehr gern nach Italien.
gern
gladly, like to
sehr
very
wir
we
reisen
to travel
nach
to / towards
Italien
Italy
Questions & Answers about Wir reisen sehr gern nach Italien.
Which question word from this lesson would we use to ask 'Where are we traveling to?'
You would use Wohin (where to). Because we are moving towards a destination, you would ask Wohin reisen wir? instead of Wo (where at) or Woher (where from).
Why do we use nach for 'to' in this sentence?
When answering a Wohin question, nach is the go-to preposition for most cities, countries, and continents. Because Italien (Italy) does not use a 'the' (article) in German, nach is the correct word to show direction towards it.
There is no verb for 'to like' here. How does German express 'really like traveling'?
Instead of a separate verb for 'like', German uses the adverb gern (gladly) combined with the action verb. Wir reisen gern literally means 'We travel gladly'. Adding sehr (very) makes it sehr gern, meaning 'really like to'.
Why does sehr gern come before the destination nach Italien?
German follows a general rule for word order after the verb: Manner (how you do something) usually comes before Place (where). sehr gern tells us how you travel, while nach Italien is the destination.
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