Die Gastgeberin lächelt und stellt uns einander vor.

The hostess smiles and introduces us to one another.

Breakdown of Die Gastgeberin lächelt und stellt uns einander vor.

• und: and
• uns: us
• vorstellen: to introduce
• lächeln: to smile

Questions & Answers about Die Gastgeberin lächelt und stellt uns einander vor.

What does the word Gastgeberin mean, and why does it end in -in?

Gastgeberin means “female host.” The ending -in marks the feminine form of a profession/role. The masculine is der Gastgeber; the feminine is die Gastgeberin; plural feminine is die Gastgeberinnen. German capitalizes all nouns, hence the capital G.

Why is it stellt … vor with the little vor at the end?

Vorstellen is a separable-prefix verb. In a main clause, the finite verb splits: stellt goes to verb position, and the prefix vor moves to the end: … stellt … vor. This vor is not a preposition here; it is part of the verb.

• Infinitive: vorstellen
• Simple past: stellte … vor
• Perfect: hat … vorgestellt (participle: vorgestellt with the prefix attached to ge-)

Who is accusative and who is dative in stellt uns einander vor?

With the verb jemanden jemandem vorstellen, the person being introduced is accusative, and the person they are introduced to is dative.

• uns = accusative plural (“introduces us”)
• einander = dative (“to each other”). Einander itself doesn’t change form; its case is understood from the verb’s pattern.

So the sentence literally means: She introduces us (acc.) to each other (dat.).