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Grundschule

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In Österreich ist die Grundschule ein Teil der Volksschule.

In Austria, primary school is part of the Volksschule.

In der Schweiz spricht man von der Primarstufe.

In Switzerland, one speaks of the primary level.

Sie dauert sechs Jahre lang: Die Kinder kommen mit sieben Jahren und bleiben, bis sie etwa 13 Jahre alt sind.

It lasts for six years: children come at age seven and stay until they are about 13 years old.

6 words above A2

etwa

approximately, about

Grundschule

elementary/primary school plural: Grundschulen

Volksschule

Austrian school type that includes Grundschule

Primarstufe

primary level/stage used in Switzerland

Österreich

Austria used without article: in Österreich

Schweiz

Switzerland in text: in der Schweiz (dative)

Grammar in this text

Dative after two-way preposition 'in' (location)

In der Schweiz spricht man von der Primarstufe.

'in' is a two-way preposition; because the sentence expresses a location (where?), it takes the dative. The feminine article changes from 'die' to 'der'.

Subordinate clause with temporal conjunction 'bis'

bis sie etwa 13 Jahre alt sind.

'bis' means 'until' and introduces a subordinate clause. The finite verb moves to the end of the clause ('sind').

Impersonal pronoun 'man'

spricht man von der Primarstufe

'man' means 'people/one/you' in general statements. It is used with the 3rd-person singular verb: 'spricht man'.

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