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- "You walk to the restaurant."
"You walk to the restaurant."
Translation:Du läufst zum Restaurant.
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it's "gehst" what should be accepted, because it is the correct translation for "walk"
I read somewhere (forgot where) that when choosing which form of "to" to use, "am" is for when you're going to attend a university or something impressive like that, i.e. "Ich gehe am Universitaet", while "zu" is used when you're going, say, to the market. Is this accurate or not? Thank you! I also note here a friend's opinion, that while learning prepositions, you should go by what sounds best to a native speaker, and not try to connect to English. That makes sense, because English prepositions are not logical either, except in some obvious cases.
"...to the restaurant" translated literally would be "...zu dem Restaurant", where "the"->"dem" instead of "der" because of where "restaurant" fits in the entire sentence (dative case). But in German they are combining "zu dem" into the single word "zum". If instead you were going to the celebration ("die Freier") then it would be "...zur Freier".
small correction: "die Feier" ;-) You may want to look up "Freier" in a dictionary ;-)
Hahaha, yes, "Feier" for sure :) Was trying to find a "die" location and had a typo, lol.
Is "spazieren" an acceptable verb for "walk" in this context? I read the sentence as emphasizing "walk," as opposed to simply saying "You go to the restaurant."
In this context I'd say no. 'Spazieren' means 'to walk' in the sense of 'strolling'. If you're heading for a goal, it isn't normally used except if you want to emphasize that you're walking very slowly and without time pressure. IMHO the best translation here is 'Wir gehen zum Restaurant'. I wouldn't use 'laufen' here because it could be easily confused with its primary meaning 'to run'.
I got this sentence as a "mark all correct translations" question.
1 Ihr lauft zur Restaurant. 2 Du rennst zum Restaurant. 3 Du läufst zum Restaurant.
I marked all 3 because all 3 seem to be possibly correct and I lost a heart. Which is wrong and why?
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is wrong because "zur" is not correct. "Zur" = "zu + der" and "der" is not the correct article for Restaurant in this case (dative masculine)
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Is probably incorrect because I think "rennst" only translates to "run".
sorry, but what is the difference between zum and zur? is it something like zur with the feminines and zum with masc and neut? am i correct?
It's a contraction of "zu dem" and "zu der," respectively, where "dem" and "der" are the dative forms of "der/das" and "die."
what makes "Ihr lauft am Restaurant" false? It said I got it wrong, but I don't really know why.
You can't use "am" here. The correct preposition is "zum". And I'd recommend against "laufen", too (Although it is correct). Better to use "gehen" here since "laufen" is ambiguous (to run/to walk).
dunke. its difficult to know when to use "am" or "zum" as in reference to people or places, if it is correct with the gender ( like " zum Grossvater")
Wataya, can you please explain why it can only be "zum"? Something to do with gender of the noun??
"Wohin läufst du? Zu das Restaurant." It is akkusativ nor dativ, isn't it?
Why is "zu Hause" used for "at home" and "nach Hause" for "going home", but "zum Restaurant" for "going to the restaurant"?
