Word
Fliegt ihr morgen nach Spanien?
Meaning
Are you flying to Spain tomorrow?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Fliegt ihr morgen nach Spanien?
ihr
you (informal plural)
morgen
tomorrow
Spanien
Spain
nach
to / towards
Questions & Answers about Fliegt ihr morgen nach Spanien?
If I wanted to ask 'Where are you flying to?' instead of a yes/no question, which question word would I use?
You would use wohin (where to). The question would be Wohin fliegt ihr morgen? because you are asking about movement towards a destination. If you were asking where they are flying from, you would use woher.
Why do we use nach for 'to' in nach Spanien?
In German, you use the preposition nach when traveling to most countries, cities, and continents. You use it for places that don't take a 'the' article in German. Since we just say Spanien (Spain), we say nach Spanien.
Why is morgen placed before nach Spanien? In English, 'tomorrow' is usually at the end.
German sentences follow a 'Time before Place' rule. Expressions of time (like morgen, meaning tomorrow) almost always come before expressions of place or destination (like nach Spanien).
Why is the verb fliegt and not fliegen?
The verb matches the subject ihr, which means 'you' (plural, when talking to a group of people informally). Verbs with ihr usually take an -t ending, so the stem flieg- becomes fliegt.