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Mein Hund

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Ich habe einen Hund.
I have a dog.
Er ist klein und schon alt.
He is small and already old.
Morgens laufen wir zusammen in den Park.
In the mornings we run to the park together.
Dort spielt er gern mit dem Ball.
There he likes playing with the ball.
Er hört gut und kommt immer sofort.
He listens well and always comes at once.
Abends schläft er vor meinem Bett.
In the evenings he sleeps in front of my bed.
Meine Freundin hat eine Katze.
My girlfriend has a cat.
Die Katze mag meinen Hund nicht.
The cat does not like my dog.
Aber sie leben zusammen und es geht gut.
But they live together and it works out fine.

1 word above A1

mit

with always takes the dative: mit dem Hund, mit meinen Eltern with (in the company of, alongside); with, by (using as an instrument, by means of); with (having a property, accessory or possession); including,… B1/mɪt/

Grammar in this text

Adverb first, verb second

Morgens laufen wir zusammen in den Park.

Morgens opens the sentence, so the verb laufen comes next and the subject wir follows it.

vor + dative

Abends schläft er vor meinem Bett.

Vor answers 'where?' here, so it takes the dative: vor meinem Bett.

es geht gut

Aber sie leben zusammen und es geht gut.

Es geht is a fixed expression for how something is going — here 'it works out fine'.

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