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Apr 28, 2021 - 05:29 AM
Hallo!
After "in" in German you can either use
- the Dative case to express location (if you are already at the place), as in:
Sie sind in einem Museum
Ich habe in einem Museum gearbeitet
- the Accusative case to express direction or destination (if you're going to the place), as in:
Sie gehen in ein Museum
Ich bin gestern in ein Museum gegangen
That's the case in the example you're mentioning, hence the use of "ein", here it couldn't be a dative case "einem" because we're expressing direction.
:-)
After "in" in German you can either use
- the Dative case to express location (if you are already at the place), as in:
Sie sind in einem Museum
Ich habe in einem Museum gearbeitet
- the Accusative case to express direction or destination (if you're going to the place), as in:
Sie gehen in ein Museum
Ich bin gestern in ein Museum gegangen
That's the case in the example you're mentioning, hence the use of "ein", here it couldn't be a dative case "einem" because we're expressing direction.
:-)
