Reading · B1 · Text 31
Vilnius
In Vilnius haben viele große Firmen ihre Büros.
Many large companies have their offices in Vilnius.
Dazu gehören die wichtigsten Unternehmen für Telefon und Mobilfunk, das größte Unternehmen für Energie und die größte Eisenbahngesellschaft.
These include the most important companies in telephone and mobile communications, the largest energy company, and the largest railway company.
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Grammar in this text
Wechselpräposition with dative (location)
In Vilnius haben viele große Firmen ihre Büros.
The preposition 'in' is a two-way preposition. Here it indicates a location (where?) and takes the dative case, as opposed to 'in' + Akkusativ for direction.
Attributive superlative with definite article
die wichtigsten Unternehmen
Superlative adjectives used attributively take the definite article and the ending -sten (or -ste). 'wichtigsten' modifies plural 'Unternehmen'.
Pronominal adverb 'dazu' with inversion
Dazu gehören die wichtigsten Unternehmen für Telefon und Mobilfunk
'Dazu' is a pronominal adverb (da- + zu). Fronted, it triggers inversion: the finite verb 'gehören' precedes the subject. The phrase means 'these include'.
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