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Maria Theresia

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Seit ihrer Zeit müssen alle Kinder des Landes in die Schule gehen.

Since her time, all children in the country have had to go to school.

Sie sorgte auch dafür, dass der Staat stärker wurde und mehr zu sagen hatte.

She also ensured that the state became stronger and had more say.

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Seit← seit

since (temporal, with dative) since; for (some past period of time) A2/zaɪ̯t/

Kinder← das Kind

children (plural of Kind) Plural: die Kinder kid; child (young person); child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second… A1/kɪnt/

Landes← das Land

country (genitive singular) Plural: die Länder country (territory of a nation); state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy); land (real estate or… A1/lant/

Schule

school Plural: die Schulen school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning (especially before university); department/institute at a college or university; art… A2/ˈʃuːlə/

sorgte← sorgen

ensured, took care (here: 'sorgte dafür' = made sure) Präteritum of sorgen, Partizip II: gesorgt to take care of, to care for, to look after; to bring about, to ensure, to cause [with für (+ accusative) ‘something’] (a result or incident); to… B1/ˈzɔrɡən/

dafür

for that, for it (da-compound) Often used with verbs like 'sorgen' for that, for it; instead, at least, as a compensation A2/daˈfyːʁ/

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'dass' (verb-final)

dass der Staat stärker wurde und mehr zu sagen hatte.

The conjunction 'dass' introduces a subordinate clause where the finite verb moves to the end. Here, 'wurde' and 'hatte' are at the end of their respective clauses.

Preposition 'seit' with dative

Seit ihrer Zeit

'seit' is a temporal preposition that always takes the dative case. 'ihrer' is the dative feminine form of the possessive pronoun.

Modal verb 'müssen' with infinitive at the end

müssen alle Kinder des Landes in die Schule gehen.

In a main clause, the modal verb 'müssen' is conjugated in second position, and the main verb 'gehen' appears in its infinitive form at the end of the sentence.

Genitive case with 'des Landes'

des Landes

The genitive case is used to show possession or association. 'des Landes' means 'of the country' and uses the masculine/neuter definite article 'des' and the noun ending '-es'.

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