Breakdown of Am Ende gehen wir nach Hause.
wir
we
gehen
to go
nach Hause
home (as a direction)
am Ende
at the end
Questions & Answers about Am Ende gehen wir nach Hause.
We are learning about nach meaning "after" in this lesson. Is that what it means here?
No, this is a different use of the word nach. In this sentence, it is used for direction in the fixed phrase nach Hause (going home). When you want to use nach for time, it means "after" and is followed by the dative case, like in nach dem Essen (after the meal).
Why is it gehen wir instead of wir gehen?
Because the sentence starts with the time phrase Am Ende. In German, the main verb must always be in the second position. Since Am Ende takes up the first spot, the verb gehen comes next, and the subject wir has to move after it.
Why does it say Am Ende and not just An Ende?
Am is a shortened combination of the preposition an and the dative article dem. Because the word for "end" is neuter (das Ende), "at the end" is literally an dem Ende, which Germans almost always squeeze together into am Ende.
Why does Hause have an extra "e" at the end? Isn't the word for house das Haus?
Yes, the normal word is das Haus. The "e" in Hause is a leftover from an old German grammar rule where dative nouns got an extra "e". Today, you will only see this in a few set phrases, mostly nach Hause (going home) and zu Hause (at home). It is best to just memorize them as set vocabulary phrases!
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