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Language notes
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´Úü°ù, um |
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Wo ist der Kiosk? Where is the kiosk?
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but
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um den
Kiosk around
the kiosk
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Wo
ist die Messe? Where is the
fair?
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but
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´Úü°ù die Messe for
the fair
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Was
ist das Problem? What is the
problem? |
but
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um das Problem around the
problem |
| der
Kiosk |
´Úü°ù
um |
...den
Kiosk |
| die
Ecke |
...die
Ecke |
| das
Problem |
...das
Problem |
The words
´Úü°ù and um are called prepositions.
Note how, in the above,
die and das
don't change but der in
der Kiosk changes to den
Kiosk.
This change is triggered by the
prepositions ´Úü°ù and
um. As a result, den, die and das
are in the accusative case. |
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