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Die versus Der following preposition "in"

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    frjenkins
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    Why is the article expressed as "die" in the sentence "Ist er in die Kneipe gekommen" rather than "der" - shouldn't it be "der" since "in" signals the dative case?

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    Emilie Poyet
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    Nice explanation Jillfrost. It is indeed one of the big difficulties in German, since it takes time to get used to the different cases required, and to the different verbs that can be used in each situation... The preposition "in" can be used for Location , in this case it's followed by the dative case, as in: Ich bin in der Kneipe = I'm in (or at) the bar But it can also be used to describe a Direction , in this case it's followed by the accusative case, as in: Er kommt in die Kneipe = He's coming to (or into) the bar. Hope it makes sense...Keep it up!

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    jillfrost
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    in means both inside something or toward something, if you say in die kneipe it means "to the bar", if it's in der kneipe it means "in the bar", if you choose in die kneipe then it should be followed by for example gehen cause it's a motion. (er ist in die kneipe gegangen). remember ist here is for the past tense and not exaclty a to be verb to describe an is situation if that makes sense. I know this is one of the most difficult things in the language especially, I am level 3 and still mix things up sometimes. if someone is better than me at this feel free to correct me too I also need a lot of help for my German learning! Good luck!

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