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Sep 25, 2023 - 02:12 AM
Hi,
It's perfectly normal to be struggling with these, since they're very close in meaning and sometimes their use differs only because of the verbs you have in as sentence, so you'll keep learning about them progressively as you learn more verbs and situations.
In your example, the difference between the two is pretty clear:
INS means INTO (it uses a neuter accusative) while ZUM means TOWARDS, UP TO (it uses a neuter dative form)
So to translate "going TO the car or the theater" you could use both INS and ZUM in each case, it all depends if you mean "getting into" or just "going towards".
Hope it clarifies a little, good luck for the rest of the program!
It's perfectly normal to be struggling with these, since they're very close in meaning and sometimes their use differs only because of the verbs you have in as sentence, so you'll keep learning about them progressively as you learn more verbs and situations.
In your example, the difference between the two is pretty clear:
INS means INTO (it uses a neuter accusative) while ZUM means TOWARDS, UP TO (it uses a neuter dative form)
So to translate "going TO the car or the theater" you could use both INS and ZUM in each case, it all depends if you mean "getting into" or just "going towards".
Hope it clarifies a little, good luck for the rest of the program!
