Reading · A2 · Text 5
Junge
In einigen Ländern gibt es ein Fest oder Ritual, ab dem der Junge zu den Männern hält.
In some countries, there is a festival or ritual from which the boy is counted among the men.
Bei uns gibt es solche Feste heute kaum noch.
In our country, such festivals are hardly held today.
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Grammar in this text
Relative clause with 'ab dem'
ab dem der Junge zu den Männern hält
The relative pronoun 'dem' refers to 'Fest' or 'Ritual' and is used with the preposition 'ab' (dative). The verb 'hält' goes to the end of the relative clause.
Prepositional phrase with dative
zu den Männern
The preposition 'zu' always takes the dative case. Here 'den Männern' is the dative plural of 'die Männer'.
Present tense of irregular verb 'halten'
der Junge zu den Männern hält
The verb 'halten' changes its stem vowel from 'a' to 'ä' in the 3rd person singular: 'er hält'.
Existential construction with 'es gibt'
gibt es solche Feste
'es gibt' means 'there is/are'. The word order is inverted in the main clause: the verb 'gibt' comes before the subject 'es'.
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