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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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für 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 |
für
um |
...den
Kiosk |
| die
Ecke |
...die
Ecke |
| das
Problem |
...das
Problem |
The words
für 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 für and
um. As a result, den, die and das
are in the accusative case. |
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