Reading · B1 · Text 9
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 verb-final word order
Jedes Kind das fünf Jahre alt ist muss an mindestens vier Tagen in der Woche in den Kindergarten gehen.
In the relative clause 'das fünf Jahre alt ist', the verb 'ist' is placed at the end of the clause. The relative pronoun 'das' refers to 'Kind'.
Wechselpräposition 'in' + accusative for direction (whither?)
in den Kindergarten
The preposition 'in' takes the accusative case when it indicates motion or direction toward a place (wohin?), as here 'in den Kindergarten' means 'to kindergarten'. If it indicated position (wo?), it would take the dative.
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Text from Kindergarten — Klexikon, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.
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