Directions and positions

Question 1

(cross) over =

turn =

right =

left =

at the (lights) =

Answer 1

(cross) over = hinübergehen, überqueren

turn = beige bei … ab / beigen sie … ab

right = rechts

left = links

at the (lights) = an den Ampeln

Question 2

‘I am going up there’ =

‘I am there’ =

Answer 2

‘I am going up there’ = Ich gehe bis dorthin

‘I am there’ = Dort bin ich

‘Dort’ means ‘there’, but you add ‘-hin’ to indicate movement. The equivalent in English is the word ‘thither’

Question 3

‘Where are we going?’ =

‘Where are we?’ =

Answer 3

‘Where are we going?’ = Wohin gehen wir?

‘Where are we?’ = Wo sind wir?

‘Wo’ means ‘where’ with reference to a specific place, while ‘wohin’ indicates movement
the equivalent in English is ‘whither’ for wohin

Question 4

the directions =

‘how do I get there? =

‘where will I find the (station) ?’ =

Answer 4

the directions = die Richtungen

‘how do I get there? = Wie komme ich dorthin?

‘where will I find the (station) ?’ = Wo finde ich den Bahnhof?

Question 5

‘straight on’ =

‘keep on going straight’ =

‘round the corner’ =

‘to go over the bridge’ =

‘opposite from’ =

‘up to’ =

Answer 5

‘straight on’ = gerade aus

‘keep on going straight’ = Gehen Sie immer gerade aus.

‘round the corner’ = um die Ecke

‘to go over the bridge’ = über die Brüke gehen

‘opposite from’ = gegenüber von

‘up to’ = bis zur / zum

Question 6

‘in the direction of the (cathedral/centre) =

‘along’ =

‘go down/along this street’ =

‘the north’ =

‘the south’ =

‘the east’ =

‘the west’ =

Answer 6

‘in the direction of the (cathedral/centre) = in Richtung auf den Dom / die Stadtmitte / das Stadtzentrum

‘along’ = entland

‘go down/along this street’ = gehen Sie diese Straße entlang

‘the north’ = der Nord

‘the south’ = der Süd

‘the east’ = der Ost

‘the west’ = der West

to say ‘to the North, South, etc., add ‘nach …-en’, e.g.

nach Süden

Question 7

the rules for whether to use the accusative or dative cases are:

Answer 7

If a noun follows these prepositions and there’s movement in the sentence, the noun takes the accusative case. However, if there’s no movement in the sentence, then the noun will take the dative.

The examples below should clarify things a bit more.

Ich gehe vor die Schule.
(I’m going in front of the school.)

In this example, I’m moving in front of the school, so die Schule needs to be in the accusative.

Ich bin vor der Schule.
(I’m in front of the school.)

However, with this one, I’m in front of the school and there’s no movement or direction indicated in the sentence. So we need the dative case and die Schule switches to der Schule.