Breakdown of Alle kommen am dritten Juli zur Party.
kommen
to come
alle
all, everyone
die Party
the party
zur
to the (zu + der)
der Juli
July
am
on the / at the
dritte
third
Questions & Answers about Alle kommen am dritten Juli zur Party.
Why does the word for "third" end in "-n" here (dritten instead of dritte)?
When giving a date with am (on the), you are using the dative case. After the dative word am, ordinal numbers get an -n ending. So, the base word dritte becomes dritten.
The German word for "three" is drei. Why is "third" dritte instead of "dreite"?
Just like in English (three/third), the ordinal numbers for one, three, and seven are slightly irregular in German. One is erste, three is dritte, and seven is siebte.
Why do we use Alle here instead of Alles?
Alle means "everyone" or "all people," and it acts as a plural subject (which is why the verb is kommen). Alles means "everything" and acts as a singular subject, which would take a singular verb like kommt.
Why does "to the" translate to zur in this sentence?
zur is a contraction of zu (to) and der. The preposition zu always forces the following noun into the dative case. Since Party is a feminine noun, its dative article is der, and zu der merges into zur.
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