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Talking about directions and locationsThis page introduces you to the last piece of grammar that you will learn in this lesson. It gives you an introduction into prepositions, in particular the German preposition 'in'.Using prepositions in German is not as easy as in other languages. But simple rules, summarized on this page will help you to handle the use of the preposition 'in'. In German, there are many ways to tell someone where you are going or where you want to go. One way of doing so is by using the regular verb 'gehen' plus the preposition 'in' plus a noun that describes the location (e.g. 'Garten'). It works pretty much the same way as in English.
If the noun that describes the location is masculine (e.g. 'der Garten'), the direct article 'der' becomes 'den'. All other articles ('die' and 'das') and the articles of the subject of the sentence stay the same.
Another thing to remember is, that if the preposition 'in' directly precedes the definite article 'das', the two words are merged to 'ins':
Study the following nouns that all describe locations. Note that those nouns that are masculine will change their articles to 'den' if they are used in the context described by the rule above. Click on the blue arrows to hear the words in German.
It is worth mentioning here once again that it is important that you learn the articles together with each noun. Only by knowing the grammatical gender of a noun, you can actually apply the rule above. If you don't know, whether a noun is masculine or not, how can you know then whether to change the article to 'den' or not? Exercise Supply the correct article for the given phrases. Make sure you distinguish each time between subject and direct object. Example: ___Student geht in ___Park. DerStudent geht in denPark. 1) Mädchen geht in Zoo. 2) Jürgen geht in Stadt. 3) Wir gehen in Supermarkt. 4) Junge geht Stadion. 5) Du gehst Schwimmbad.   previous page
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