Reading · A2 · Text 30
Kindergarten
In Österreich ist der Kindergarten für fünf- bis sechsjährige Kinder verpflichtend.
In Austria, kindergarten is compulsory for five- to six-year-old children.
Jedes Kind das fünf Jahre alt ist muss an mindestens vier Tagen in der Woche in den Kindergarten gehen.
Every child who is five years old must go to kindergarten at least four days a week.
Jüngere Kinder haben kein Recht auf einen Kindergartenplatz.
Younger children have no right to a kindergarten place.
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Grammar in this text
Relative clause with 'das' (relative pronoun for neuter noun)
das fünf Jahre alt ist
The relative pronoun 'das' refers to 'Kind'. In relative clauses, the finite verb moves to the end (here 'ist').
Modal verb 'müssen' + infinitive at the end of the sentence
Jedes Kind das fünf Jahre alt ist muss an mindestens vier Tagen in der Woche in den Kindergarten gehen.
The modal verb 'muss' is conjugated and placed in second position; the main verb (here 'gehen') is used as an infinitive and placed at the end of the sentence.
Preposition 'an' with dative for time expressions (days)
an mindestens vier Tagen
For days of the week or periods of time, 'an' is used with the dative (here 'Tagen' is dative plural). The phrase means 'on at least four days'.
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