Breakdown of Er arbeitet abends in einer Bar.
arbeiten
to work
in
in
abends
in the evening
die Bar
the bar (for drinks)
Questions & Answers about Er arbeitet abends in einer Bar.
Why does abends come before in einer Bar?
In German, sentence elements usually follow the Time, Manner, Place rule (often remembered as the acronym TeKaMoLo). Because abends is a time expression and in einer Bar is a place expression, the time must come first.
Why is abends not capitalized, and how is it different from saying am Abend?
The word abends is an adverb meaning "in the evenings" or "regularly in the evening," which is why it starts with a lowercase letter and ends in -s. If you used the noun, you would say am Abend (capitalized), which usually refers to a specific evening or the general time of day.
Why do we use einer here instead of eine?
The preposition in is a two-way preposition. Because the sentence describes a fixed location where the action is happening (answering "where?"), it requires the dative case. Bar is feminine, so the dative indefinite article is einer.
How does the loanword Bar behave in German regarding plural rules?
While Bar is assigned the feminine gender (die Bar), it behaves like most English loanwords in German by taking an -s in the plural (die Bars) instead of a traditional German plural ending like -en or -e.