In this episode: A thorough look at the German preposition 'zu' - what's its core idea, how does it work as a prefix and which verbs and phrases want "zu" as a preposition. Hello everyone,. Which is kind of special in case of zu because there are many and none. Dun dunn dunnnnn. So are you ready to jump right in? Zu is one of the two main German word to indicate where someone or something is headed. The other word is Bar.
Nah, kidding. The other word is in. But I want to address one other thing real quick, for the beginners among you. Besides zu , there will also be zum and zur in the examples. And those articles bring us to the other point: zu is one of the Dative prepositions. Using in here is technically possible, but it would be understood as something very very very very very different.
Of course you do usually enter McDonalds but using in here would sound super wrong. The brand name basically personifies the store. So far, we have persons and personifications. Zu is also used for events like parties, festivals, concerts, meetings and so on. Which is also expressed with zu.
L ike.. Zu is sometimes confused with nach , which indicates a distant destination or direction:. But we use nach for the first one and zu for the second one because of distance. Zu is appropriate for locations that are close to you, whereas nach is appropriate for locations that are farther away. Think about it like walking somewhere versus having to fly or drive for several hours.
These are basically a fancy way of expressing cause or condition. These constructions use the infinitive of a verb, much like modals do, but are set off by a comma. For this usage, zu is combined with the infinitive of a verb in a dependent clause. Sometimes you need a comma to set the clause off. This is really just to help clarify the sentence and show proper word order.
You might think that when we use modals in German sentences, we would need zu. One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet: "der" and "dem" contract with prepositions only when they are functioning as articles and not, for example, when they are relative pronouns. Okay, some prepositions take contractions. Here's my handy little table. I don't know if that's all of them. I also don't know how bad it is if you forget and don't contract -- it's not a bad thing in English, it just sounds funny.
How can we decide? Get started. Hi I did not understand the whole zu zum zur thing can someone help me understand it? June 7, I hope that this will help you. Thank you soooo much!!! Hope that helps! Forums German Deutsch German. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
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