"Das ist der Herr aus dem Restaurant."

Translation: That is the gentleman from the restaurant.

[AhmadKhattab]

How the restaurant here is in dative case ?

[steven.jam]

Certain prepositions trigger a particular type of article case. To be fair, you haven't reached that point in the tree yet though; it's a little further down.

Here are the notes from that section:

DATIVE PREPOSITIONS
Dative prepositions always trigger the dative case.
Here they are: aus, außer, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

ACCUSATIVE PREPOSITIONS
Accusative prepositions always trigger the accusative case.
Here they are: bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

TWO-WAY PREPOSITIONS
Two-way prepositions take the dative case or the accusative case depending on the context.
If there's movement from one place to another, use the accusative case.
If there's no movement or if there's movement within a certain place, use the dative case.

Here they are: an, auf, entlang, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen

No movement -> dative:
Ich bin in einem Haus (I am in a house)

Movement within a certain place -> dative:
Ich laufe in einem Wald (I am running in [within] a forest)

Movement from one place to another -> accusative:
Ich gehe in ein Haus (I am walking into a house)

[Die_Fledermaus]

Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering the same thing.

[skibo21776]

Studying German and being introduced to all of these rules makes me think of reading Being In Time. No wonder Heidegger made my head swim!

[tripmolly]

Sehr gut!

[mentolluolips]

You are amazing, thanks!

[MarioCappa3]

Are you Nevin in Main weg nach Deutschland???

[HBK_Soapi]

Thanks for such a brief explanation, I had the same and you have so perfectly provided the explanation.

[Jrgen792736]

Ich möchte diese vielen Regeln auch nicht lernen. Zum Glück können wir als Muttersprachler die richtige Grammatik hören. Aber Englisch hat auch seine Tücken.

[docwat69]

In British English you most certainly do say, "that's the man FROM/OUT OF the restaurant". Herr in this case means "gentleman" rather than "sir". It would be like spotting someone in the street and saying " oh look. There's the guy from the restaurant/bank/ supermarket". Or if watching a film and you recognise and actor from another film. "That's the guy OUT OF Titanic". Aus is working exactly like English here.

[GeoSchribs]

Danke! Das ist sehr interessant.

[TimothyLeg4]

Most interesting. I'm from the SE of USA and would say it exactly the same way over there too. That may be universal to all variants of the English language.

[GeoMan2]

Why 'of' is wrong here? Only 'from' works here?

[quis_lib_duo]

vom Restaurant = works there or is owner
aus dem Restaurant = someone seen there / coming from the restaurant

So to me, from looks like a good / an apt translation.

[balthazarium]

Am I wrong to assume that "mister" would be the most appropriate translation of "Herr"? "Lord" and "master" and even to an extent "gentleman" seems rather archaic and outdated unless one lives in a feudal society.

Duo does not agree with me but proposes "master". Can't really see myself referring to anyone in this day and age as "master" (unless very specifically as a master craftsman which in German would correspond to "Meister").

Should I report it?

[balthazarium]

Duo does not accept "Lord" (though suggested translation from duolingo). Apparently only Master and Sir are considered valid...

"That is the sir from the restaurant."

[PFess]

Yup, I tried "Lord" too :) "Sir" is definitely a bad translation though -- just can't be used as a noun in contemporary English. So yeah, we should all be reporting this.

[shivnaina]

Very helpful

[D0gs36]

The above translation given her is NOT what is given in the answer. The answer states"this is the man out of the restaurant". That translation makes no sense. Why give a different translation here to the answer given by Duo.

[Joshua1991]

Why is it 'der Herr' and not 'dem Herr'?

'Der' in the dative is the feminine singular, but I believe 'Herr' is a masculine noun.

Am I missing something?

[GeoSchribs1]

"Das" and "der Herr" (from the restaurant) are the same subject and therefore in the nominative case. If I say: "Der Herr sieht dem Herrn aus dem Restaurant sehr ähnlich" (resembles him), then the second "Herr" is not the same but both have something together, therefore the second is in the dative case.

[-Porcupine-]

thanks a lot :)

[dgk1960]

Listened to this at both speeds several times. Ended up getting it wrong because I couldn't make out Herr. It sounded like many things, but Herr wasn't one of them.

[Nweech]

that is the chief from the restaurant

[Steffen55]

I typed the correct answer, but it says it's wrong

[Elisabeth922270]

Why do we say dem restaurant and not den? Where do we use dem and where do we use den

[NyctoManiac]

WHY ARE WE GETTING "DATIVE PREPOSITIONS" QUESTIONS HERE?!

[Udit_Minocha]

I have the same question as Joshua1991 above --
Why is it 'der Herr' and not 'dem Herr'?

'Der in the dativr is the feminine singular, but 'Herr' is a masculine noun.

[Siobhn494404]

I thought 'Dass' is 'That'

[Tim402237]

we would say "That is the Person from the restaurant"

[Nathan173901]

That would be: Das ist die Person aus dem Restaurant. You bereave the sentence of some info by reducing "the gentleman" (der Herr) to mere "the person".

[angelahahi]

How u ars give to my like a stupid same question make my more to talk not to learn English

[Damon-scherz]

ugh God this Den, Dem, Einem, einen shit is driving me crazy!!
i just can't understand it, i'm about to blow my brains out

[MichalMuro]

It doesn't accept "guy", IDK

[PedroVazDi]

The translation to English makes no sense

[erebus53]

I think in English you don't say the master from an establishment, you say a master of an establishment. I would agree that from is literal, but it makes for clumsy English.

[james.holb]

I don't think anyone would ever say "sir/gentleman" in this context when speaking American English.

"That's the guy from the restaurant." would be how we'd say it.