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When talking about locations in English, you can use here, there, this, and that to express that something is close or far away. In German the word da is commonly used when talking about locations. The good thing about da is, you don't have to worry about the distance! It can mean anything close or far away.
Let's look at a few examples:
Wir sind da. (We are here/there.)
Da ist ein Apfel. (Here/There is an apple.)
With hier (here) and dort (there) you can be more specific about the distance.
hier (here)
da (here/there)
dort (there)
In colloquial language...
you can combine all of them with articles, and use them similar to this and that !
das hier (this)
das da (this/that)
das dort (that)
Many people use this with the other articles as well. Note that while all of the following constructs are commonly used in spoken language, they are not appropriate for written, formal language.
der/die/das hier (this)
der/die/das da (this/that)
der/die/das dort (that)
To refer to one specific thing, you can put a noun between the article and hier/da/dort.
For example:
Der Apfel da ist groß. (That apple is big.)
Die Katzen da sind süß. (Those cats are cute.)
Some people might add drüben. This translates to over there.
Der Apfel da drüben ist groß. (That apple over there is big.)
Die Katzen dort drüben sind süß. (Those cats over there are cute.)
When talking about locations in English, you can use here, there, this, and that to express that something is close or far away. In German the word da is commonly used when talking about locations. The good thing about da is, you don't have to worry about the distance! It can mean anything close or far away.
Let's look at a few examples:
Wir sind da. (We are here/there.)
Da ist ein Apfel. (Here/There is an apple.)
With hier (here) and dort (there) you can be more specific about the distance.
hier (here)
da (here/there)
dort (there)
In colloquial language...
you can combine all of them with articles, and use them similar to this and that !
das hier (this)
das da (this/that)
das dort (that)
Many people use this with the other articles as well. Note that while all of the following constructs are commonly used in spoken language, they are not appropriate for written, formal language.
der/die/das hier (this)
der/die/das da (this/that)
der/die/das dort (that)
To refer to one specific thing, you can put a noun between the article and hier/da/dort.
For example:
Der Apfel da ist groß. (That apple is big.)
Die Katzen da sind süß. (Those cats are cute.)
Some people might add drüben. This translates to over there.
Der Apfel da drüben ist groß. (That apple over there is big.)
Die Katzen dort drüben sind süß. (Those cats over there are cute.)