Breakdown of Schlaft ihr am Wochenende im Hotel?
ihr
you (informal plural)
schlafen
to sleep
das Hotel
the hotel
das Wochenende
the weekend
Questions & Answers about Schlaft ihr am Wochenende im Hotel?
Why does "am Wochenende" come before "im Hotel"?
In German, when you have multiple details in a sentence, time usually comes before place. This is part of the "Time, Manner, Place" rule (sometimes called TeKaMoLo). Here, the time (am Wochenende) goes before the place (im Hotel).
Wait, shouldn't the verb "schlafen" have an umlaut here (schläft)?
Why do we use am and im instead of just an and in?
Both are contractions! am is short for an dem and im is short for in dem. German combines these prepositions with the dative definite article (dem) for both time expressions (am Wochenende) and locations (im Hotel).
Why is it im Hotel (dative) and not ins Hotel (accusative)?