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Wo ist der Kiosk?
Where is the kiosk?
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| um den Kiosk
around the kiosk
| Wo ist die Messe?
Where is the fair?
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| für die Messe
for the fair
| Was ist das Problem?
What is the problem? | but
| 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, dieand dasdon't change but derin 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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