Breakdown of Gehen wir jetzt nach Hause und trinken einen warmen Tee!
und
and
das Haus
the house
trinken
to drink
wir
we
gehen
to go
nach
to
jetzt
now
warm
warm
der Tee
the tea
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Questions & Answers about Gehen wir jetzt nach Hause und trinken einen warmen Tee!
Why do we use Gehen wir instead of Wir gehen?
German doesn’t have a special “let’s” imperative for wir (first‑person plural). To suggest an action together (“Let’s go…”), you invert verb and subject in the present tense: Gehen wir. It’s functionally equivalent to Lasst uns gehen.
Why is jetzt placed right after the verb and subject?
German follows a loose Time‑Manner‑Place rule for adverbs. In a main clause with inversion (verb‑subject), the next slot is usually a time adverb. Hence:
- Verb: Gehen
- Subject: wir
- Time: jetzt
- Place: nach Hause
Why do we say nach Hause and not zu Hause when we “go home”?
nach Hause expresses movement toward home (direction).
zu Hause means “at home” (location, no movement).
So you gehen nach Hause (go home) but bleiben zu Hause (stay home).
Why doesn’t Hause have an article in nach Hause?
nach Hause is a fixed adverbial expression. It behaves like an adverb, not a full prepositional phrase with an article. That’s why there’s no das or dem before Hause.
Why is the article einen used before warmen Tee?
Tee is masculine (der Tee). It’s the direct object of trinken, so it takes the accusative case. The indefinite article for masculine accusative singular is einen.
Why does warmen have an -en ending?
After an indefinite article in the masculine accusative, adjectives take the weak declension ending -en. Hence einen warmen Tee.
Why is the subject wir omitted in the second part (und) trinken einen warmen Tee?
When two main clauses share the same subject and are joined by und, German often drops the repeated subject in the second clause. It’s understood that wir still applies.