Reading · B2 · Text 48
Post
Mit der Post kann man auch Geld schicken.
You can also send money by mail.
Eine Post gibt es heute in jedem Land.
Today, there is a postal service in every country.
Bei uns er-kennt man sie an der gelben Farbe.
In our country, you can recognize it by the yellow color.
Ihre Autos und die Brief-Kästen sind gelb.
Its vehicles and mailboxes are yellow.
Das war jemand, der den Brief oder das Paket an den richtigen Ort brachte.
That was someone who brought the letter or package to the right place.
Heute geht das mit der Post viel einfacher.
Today, it is much easier to do this with the postal service.
Sie bringen vor allem Pakete oder holen welche ab.
They mainly deliver packages or pick them up.
Das ist so etwas wie eine private Post.
That is something like a private postal service.
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Grammar in this text
Relative clause with relative pronoun in nominative
Das war jemand, der den Brief oder das Paket an den richtigen Ort brachte.
The relative pronoun 'der' refers to 'jemand' and is the subject of the relative clause. The verb goes to the end.
Prepositional phrase with 'an' + dative (Wechselpräposition)
an der gelben Farbe
The preposition 'an' takes dative here because it indicates location (where something is recognized). The adjective 'gelben' shows dative feminine ending.
Prepositional phrase with 'an' + accusative (Wechselpräposition)
an den richtigen Ort
The preposition 'an' takes accusative because it indicates direction (to a place). The adjective 'richtigen' shows accusative masculine ending.
Indefinite pronoun 'welche' as placeholder
Sie bringen vor allem Pakete oder holen welche ab.
'welche' is used as an indefinite pronoun to avoid repeating 'Pakete'. It means 'some' and is typical in spoken German.
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