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da
     1. adv. (local) there; here
           Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.
           Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet.
     2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment
           Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.
           Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.
     3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear)
           Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.
             I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.
           Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.
             We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.
     4. conj. since; as; because; given that
           Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language
     5. conj. (literary, dated) when
           Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.
wurden
     1. v. first-person plural preterite of werden
     2. v. third-person plural preterite of werden
     werden
          1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
                Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
          2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
                Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
                Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
                Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
          4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
                Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
          5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
                Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no
                Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
                Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
                Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
          6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
                Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
                Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
          7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
                Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.
wir
     1. pron. we
Vater
     1. n. father
           Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten. - My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday.
und
     1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
           Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
           Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
     2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
           Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
     3. interj. so?, now?, and?
           Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
Mutter
     1. n. mother
     2. Proper noun. Mother; Mum; Mom: one's mother
     3. n-f. nut (for a bolt)
für
     1. prep. for
           Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you.
     2. prep. in favor of, in support of
           Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option.
     3. prep. by the standards of
           Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
     4. prep. on behalf of
           Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
     5. prep. kind / type of
           Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this?
     6. prep. (informal) instead of
           Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt.
     7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
           Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
dich
     1. pron. personal accusative of du; you, thee direct object.
           Ich liebe dich nicht, wenn du mich nicht liebst. - I don't love you if you don't love me.
     2. pron. accusative of du; yourself, thee direct object.
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