Reading · B2 · 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 relative pronoun 'das'
das fünf Jahre alt ist
A subordinate clause introduced by the relative pronoun 'das' (referring to the neuter noun 'Kind'). The conjugated verb is placed at the end of the clause. In correct written German, this clause is set off by commas.
Modal verb + infinitive at the end
muss an mindestens vier Tagen in der Woche in den Kindergarten gehen
The conjugated modal verb 'muss' appears in second position; the main verb 'gehen' stands in its infinitive form at the end of the clause.
Wechselpräposition 'in' with accusative for directional meaning
in den Kindergarten gehen
After verbs of motion like 'gehen', the two-way preposition 'in' takes the accusative case to indicate movement into a place.
Wechselpräposition 'an' with dative for temporal expressions
an mindestens vier Tagen
In temporal expressions, the two-way preposition 'an' is followed by the dative case to specify a particular day or days.
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