Breakdown of Wir suchen den Nervenkitzel und gehen vorsichtig entlang der alten Ruine.
und
and
wir
we
suchen
to look for
alt
old
gehen
to go
vorsichtig
careful / carefully
entlang
along
der Nervenkitzel
the thrill
die Ruine
the ruin
Questions & Answers about Wir suchen den Nervenkitzel und gehen vorsichtig entlang der alten Ruine.
In earlier lessons, entlang usually came after the noun. Why is it in front of der alten Ruine here?
entlang is a flexible preposition. When it comes after the noun, it takes the accusative case. When placed before the noun, as it is here, it requires the genitive case, or occasionally the dative.
Is der alten Ruine in the genitive or the dative case here?
What case is den Nervenkitzel, and what does the word literally mean?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of suchen. The noun is masculine (der Nervenkitzel) and is a fun compound of die Nerven (the nerves) and der Kitzel (the tickle).
Why isn't the subject wir repeated after und?
Because und is a coordinating conjunction linking two parts of the sentence with the exact same subject (wir). In German, just like in English, you can drop the second subject to avoid sounding repetitive.
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