Word
Träumst du auch von der Feier?
Meaning
Are you also dreaming of the celebration?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Träumst du auch von der Feier?
du
you (informal singular)
auch
also, too
träumen von
to dream of
die Feier
the celebration
Questions & Answers about Träumst du auch von der Feier?
Why is it der Feier if the word for celebration is feminine (die Feier)?
The preposition von always triggers the dative case. In the dative case, the feminine article die changes to der. Even though it looks like the masculine "the", it is actually the feminine dative "the".
Can I use a different preposition like über to say I'm dreaming "about" the celebration?
No, you must use von. In German, many verbs have a fixed preposition that they always team up with, regardless of how we translate it in English. For the verb träumen (to dream), that fixed partner is always von.
Does von always force the dative case, even with other verbs?
Yes! The word von is a strict "dative preposition." No matter what verb you use it with, the noun or pronoun that immediately follows von must take the dative case.
Why does the sentence start with the verb Träumst?
This is a standard yes/no question. To ask a question that doesn't use a question word (like who, what, where), you simply move the conjugated verb to the first position. So the statement Du träumst (You dream) becomes the question Träumst du? (Are you dreaming?).