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Sprechen: Mein Zimmer

Lesson · 3 rules · about 3 min

Show someone your room in German: say where the bed, the table and the pictures are — an der Wand, am Fenster.

  1. 1Position = dative
  2. 2es gibt + accusative
  3. 3Tour the room clockwise
Why this matters

Twelve sentences describing a room, to listen to and repeat — all on the dative side of the two-way rule, because describing where things are — your flat to a new friend, a room to a flatmate — is what you actually do with it. Das Bett steht an der Wand. Der Tisch steht am Fenster. Say the contractions as one word (am, im) and land the noun with its dative article clearly: an der Wand, auf dem Tisch, unter dem Tisch. One phrase for existence rounds it off: Es gibt auch einen großen Schrank — es gibt always takes the accusative, whatever the room.

Phrase 1 of 12

Das ist mein Zimmer.

This is my room.

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