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- "The horn lies in the meadow."
"The horn lies in the meadow."
Translation:Das Horn liegt auf der Wiese.
May 26, 2017
9 Comments
Puett
371
in der - in the; auf der - on the. Duo does not accept 'in der'. You might say: Das Horn liegt auf dem Gras in der Wiese.
-Copernicus-
2038
You can't use a word-for-word translation here. English uses "in" for a meadow and German uses "auf." Which makes some sense since the horn is in fact on top of the grass of the meadow.
Aeronautix
801
Note that "der" is used in "auf der Wiese" because "Wiese" is feminine and in the dative. A very nice exercise.
- Das Horn liegt auf der Wiese.