Word
Zwanzig Leute kommen zur Party.
Meaning
Twenty people are coming to the party.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Zwanzig Leute kommen zur Party.
kommen
to come
die Leute
the people
die Party
the party
zur
to the (zu + der)
Questions & Answers about Zwanzig Leute kommen zur Party.
How do you pronounce the end of zwanzig?
In standard German, the -ig at the end of zwanzig is pronounced like a soft "ich" sound. However, in southern Germany and Austria, you will often hear it pronounced with a hard "k" sound. Both are completely correct and widely understood!
Why does the sentence use kommen instead of "are coming"?
German doesn't have an "-ing" tense (the present continuous). The single verb kommen translates to both "come" and "are coming" depending on what makes sense in English.
Is Leute singular or plural?
Leute (people) is always a plural word. That is why it uses the plural verb ending -en for the verb kommen (they come), rather than the singular kommt.
Where does the word zur come from?
zur is a contraction of zu (to) and der (the). Even though "party" is feminine (die Party), the preposition zu forces the next word into the dative case, changing die into der. Instead of saying zu der Party, German speakers mash them together into zur.