Topic: German
https://www.duolingo.com/Karbulot

"Wir trinken Kaffee im Restaurant."

    December 29, 2012

    6 Comments

    https://www.duolingo.com/Karbulot

      How am I supposed to tell if they mean "the restaurant" or "a restaurant?

      December 29, 2012
      https://www.duolingo.com/Struck

        "im" is "in the", (in+dem). So in this case im is "in THE restaurant". If it was "a restaurant" they should say "in einem Restaurant". http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/im#Etymology

        January 9, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/wampyra

          "a" restaurant is usually when in German they say "one". But in general I have no idea. Neither German nor English are my native tongs.

          January 2, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/n0waczek

            In big shortcut: der, die, das - the ein, eine, einen etc - a

            January 4, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/zacharles

              "Im" = "In + dem", aka "in the". If you've know any spanish, it is similar to "del".

              January 6, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/arowla

                This seems like a pretty advanced distinction to make at this stage ("im" = "in the" vs. "im" != "in a"). I don't think we covered this until at least the second semester of German in college.

                January 9, 2013
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