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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) preposition + dative since; for (some past period of time) A2/zaɪ̯t/
Kinder← das Kind
children plural of Kind; singular: das Kind 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) genitive of Land; 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/
die← der/die/das
the (definite article, accusative feminine singular) article for feminine noun 'Schule'
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 regular: sorgt, sorgte, gesorgt; often with 'dafür' 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 pronominal adverb; refers to a following clause for that, for it; instead, at least, as a compensation A2/daˈfyːʁ/
Staat
state, government plural: die Staaten country, state (politically constituted legal person wielding absolute power of a population and territory); state/government, authorities (the… A2/ʃtaːt/
stärker← stark
stronger (comparative) comparative form of 'stark' strong (intense, powerful, unyielding); strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol); good, great, skilled A2/ʃtark/

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 possessive pronoun.

Two-way preposition 'in' with accusative for direction

in die Schule gehen

The preposition 'in' can take either dative (location) or accusative (direction). With verbs like 'gehen' indicating movement, it takes the accusative, so 'die' (accusative feminine) is used.

Modal verb 'müssen' with infinitive at the end

müssen alle Kinder des Landes in die Schule gehen.

Modal verbs like 'müssen' are conjugated in second position, and the main verb appears as an infinitive at the end of the sentence.

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