Breakdown of Wir reisen für einen Tag nach Deutschland.
ein
a, an (eine)
Deutschland
Germany
wir
we
reisen
to travel
nach
to / towards
für
for
der Tag
the day
Questions & Answers about Wir reisen für einen Tag nach Deutschland.
Why is it einen Tag after für?
The preposition für always requires the accusative case. Because Tag is a masculine noun (der Tag), the word for 'a' or 'one' must take the masculine accusative ending, becoming einen.
I learned that seit also means 'for' with time. Could I say seit einem Tag instead?
It would completely change the meaning! You use seit for something that started in the past and is still happening, which would mean 'We have been traveling for a day'. Here, für shows the planned future duration of the trip, meaning the stay in Germany is meant to last one day.
Why does the time (für einen Tag) come before the destination (nach Deutschland)?
German sentences prefer to put time information before place information. This is often remembered as the Time-Manner-Place rule. So, the duration of the trip naturally comes before where you are actually going.
Why do we use nach to say we are going 'to' Germany?
When you are traveling to a specific geographical destination that doesn't use a "the" article, like a city or most countries such as Deutschland, you always use the preposition nach.
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