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"Die Kartoffeln passen toll zum Fleisch."
Translation:The potatoes go fantastically with the meat.
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This is because the verb "passen" requires the preposition "zu" if you are talking about combining two or more items. Another example:
Dieser Pullover passt sehr gut zu meiner Hose. (i.e., the style and the colors are harmonious)
You can use "mit" if you use another verb, for example:
Das Fleisch mit den Kartoffeln schmeckt sehr gut.
This can't be answered in few sentences. They are three different prepositions. Your question is like asking "what is the difference between 'to', 'at' and 'from'"?
An uncomplete answer whith the sens of "with" Zu -> most with verb preposition Bei -> with smo Von -> with but as the root (from behind)
Fantastically makes sense, but when I just wrote "The potatoes go well with the meat" I got it wrong and it suggested "Go greatly" which ... is not something anyone would say.
Go fantastically is the same as fantastically go, i suppose. Duo gave me a "wrong" !!!
No. There are rules in English where to put an adverb. And the common place is just behind the main verb. Exceptions are auxiliaries like "to be", which have the adverb in front of them.
And if the predicate consists of more than verb , the usual place is after the first verb form:
"I usually go ..."
"I am usually tired"
"I am usually going ..."
"potatoes" is plural, "fits" is singular. Doesn't match.
And using "match" sounds far mor idiomatic.
Because that's not how the German phrase runs. It is "passen zu etwas".
