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Lesson 26.4A2

House & Home

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Rooms and furniture vocabulary is where the two-way prepositions from this level get real daily use — describing where something is in the house means constantly choosing between motion and location.

Grammar Comparison

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Furniture placement is the natural home of the two-way prepositions

German

Der Tisch steht im Wohnzimmer. (The table stands in the living room — dative, static location)

Kannada

ಮೇಜು ಹಾಲ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೆ. (table living-room-ಅಲ್ಲಿ is — locative suffix -ಅಲ್ಲಿ)

Describing a house is mostly static description, not motion, so expect dative far more often than accusative when talking about furniture and rooms — im Wohnzimmer, im Schlafzimmer, in der Küche, all dative. This lesson is really a chance to drill the 'location, not motion' half of the two-way prepositions lesson with vocabulary you'll use constantly.

Vocabulary

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das Wohnzimmerdahs VOHN-tsim-er
Kannada
ಹಾಲ್ / ವಾಸದ ಕೋಣೆhaal / vaasada kone
English
living room
das Schlafzimmerdahs SHLAHF-tsim-er
Kannada
ಮಲಗುವ ಕೋಣೆmalaguva kone
English
bedroom
die Küchedee KUE-kheh
Kannada
ಅಡುಗೆಮನೆadugemane
English
kitchen
das Badezimmerdahs BAH-deh-tsim-er
Kannada
ಸ್ನಾನದ ಕೋಣೆsnaanada kone
English
bathroom
der Stuhldair shtool
Kannada
ಕುರ್ಚಿkurchi
English
chair
das Bettdahs bet
Kannada
ಮಂಚmancha
English
bed
der Schrankdair shrahnk
Kannada
ಬೀರುbeeru
English
cupboard / closet