Language Letters
Tag 40
Ok, today, I’ll definitely need to practice the vocabulary for the days of the week a bit more.
Montag - Wann? - Am Montag
Dienstag - Wann? - Am Dienstag
Mittwoch - Wann? - Am Mittwoch
Donnerstag - Wann? - Am Donnerstag
Freitag - Wann? - Am Freitag
Samstag - Wann? - Am Samstag
Sonntag - Wann? - Am Sonntag
The interviews actually help quite a bit to get the melody into my head. Do you think so, too?
Juliane told me that “am” is short for “an dem” (the preposition “an” and the dative article “dem” - we’ll learn more about that later), and it’s what usually comes in front of weekdays, days and times of the day. I noticed that in German, this is actually much easier than in English where we have all kinds of different prepositions! Funny!
am Montag - on Monday
am ersten Tag - on the first day
am Morgen - in the morning
am Mittag - at noon
am Abend - in the evening
And also for dates:
am ersten Januar - on January first
It’s all am, am, am.
There are some exceptions, of course, such as “in der Nacht - at night”, but it’s really actually mostly “am”. 😁