"From a store?"
Translation:Aus einem Laden?
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"Be careful not to confuse Laden and Geschäft"
I thought these were both terms for store/shop/business and were interchangeable
Because is a prepositional phrase aus is a dative preposition forces the sentence in dative ein=einemthe Noun Laden is masculine
I hope that helps
What is the actual purpose of grammatical cases in German? In other languages that I speak the cases are completely disjoint from prepositions, any combination is theoretically possible but it carries different meaning.
Im having real trouble with understanding when to use "ein" "einen" "einem", etc. Can anyone help?
"ein", "einen", "einem"...etc are the word for indefinite articles, e.g. "a/an".
Nominative case: masc/fem/neuter = ein/eine/ein
Masculine - "Das ist ein Hund", This is a dog
Feminine - "Das ist eine Katze", This is a cat
Neuter - "Das ist ein Buch", This is a book
Accusative case: masc/fem/neuter = einen/eine/ein
Masculine - "Ich habe einen Hund", I have a dog
Feminine - "Ich habe eine Katze", I have a cat
Neuter - "Ich habe ein Buch", I have a book
Dative case: masc/fem/neuter = einem/einer/einem
Masculine - "Ich komme aus einem Baum", I come from a tree
Feminine - "Ich komme aus einer Schule", I come from a school
Neuter - "Ich komme aus einem Haus", I come from a house
Resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_articles
Hope this helps :)
To quote 'aus" is used to indicate origins that you can enter, that are a material and that are human made geographical entities, "von" is used for origins which cannot be entered ... like people'
https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/10311/aus-vs-von-what-is-the-difference
Hope this helps
can some body explain why this is dativ not akusativ ?? form a shop is question was so what ??
Well, for one thing you would need an indefinite article, since it is asking for a translation to "from A store", not "from THE store".
Also, "Laden" is a masculine noun, and since "aus" necessitates the dative, you would need the dative masculine "einem". I think you would use "der" if it was a feminine noun. ("aus der Apotheke", for example)
