| Language notes | | neben, in, an, hinter
+ den, die, das |
| | Wo ist der Taxistand?
Where is the taxi rank?
Gehen Sie an den Taxistand.
Go to the taxi rank.
Wo ist die Apotheke?
Where is the chemist's?
Sie gehen in die Apotheke.
They are going into the chemist's.
Wo ist das Reisezentrum?
Where is the travel centre?
Er geht in das(ins) Reisezentrum
He is coming to the travel centre.
| der Taxistand | Gehen Sie
an...
in... | den Taxistand | | die Apotheke | die Apotheke | | das Reisezentrum | das Reisezentrum |
The words neben, in, anand hinter (called prepositions) can indicate motion. When they do so as in the above examples, dieand dasdon't change but note how derin der Taxistand changes to den Taxistand.
This change is triggered by the prepositions neben, in, anand hinter when they indicate motion and all three - den, die and dasare now in the accusative case.
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