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Wohin fährst du ? Wohin fahren Sie ?. (Where are you traveling to?). “ wo ” vs. “ wohin ”. “ wo ” is a question word that means “where” that is used to ask the location. “ wohin ” is a question word that means “where to” and is used to express direction towards a place.
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Wohinfährst du? WohinfahrenSie? (Where are you traveling to?)
“wo” vs. “wohin” “wo” is a question word that means “where” that is used to ask the location “wohin” is a question word that means “where to” and is used to express direction towards a place The prepositions “nach”, “in”, “an”, and “auf” can be used to mean “to a place”.
Two-way prepositions “an”, “auf”, and “in” are three examples of two-way prepositions. This means that they take the dative case to indicate “location” and the accusative case to indicate “movement”. When using the question word “wohin”, you are implying movement from one place to another. Therefore, the objects of the prepositions “an, auf, in” are going to be in the accusative case.
“nach” • The preposition “nach” is used to indicate going to a country, city, state, or island that is not proceeded by an article (die, der, das, etc)
Wohin fährt Petra? Countries with no article Sie fährt nach Deutschland
Cities Wohinfährst du? Ich fahre nach Bremen
Wohinfahren John und Susanna? Islands Sie fahren nach Rügen.
“in” • The preposition “in” is used to indicate going to a country or geographic area that is feminine or plural. The article for the countries is in the accusative case since the accusative is used to indicate motion.
Wohin fährt Sabine? Feminine Countries Sie fährt in die Schweiz (f)
Wohinfahren Elke und Markus? Feminine Countries Sie fahren in die Tschechische Republik (f).
Wohin fährt John? PluralCountries Er fährt in die USA (pl).
Using “in” with geographic areas • Examples: (Beispiele) • Ichfahrein die Berge (I travel to the mountains) • Ichfahrein die Alpen (I travel to the alps) • Ichfahrein den (accusative)Schwarzwald (m)
“an” • The preposition “an” is used to indicate going to a body of water. The articles are in the accusative case to indicate motion to the body of water. • Examples: • Ichfahrean die Ostsee. (I drive to the Baltic sea) • Ichfahrean den Bodensee. (I drive to Lake Constance) • Ichfahrean die Donau. ( I drive to the Danube river)
“auf” • The preposition “auf” refers to going to heights. • Examples: • Ichklettere* aufeinen Baum. ( I climb a tree)