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Das Gebirge
Wir fahren ins Gebirge.
(I've found it in the Internet, but why is it "INS" here? Isn't it "Gebirge" plural form? Do we say as in english "we go to the mountains" (plural)?
Wir wohnen im Gebirge. (We live in the mountains).
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The mountain in German is called "der Berg" and its plural, the mountains "die Berge"
A collection of mountains or "the mountain range" is called "das Gebirge" (singular). For example "Himalaya ist ein Gebirge".
The prepositon "in" can take accusative or dative depending upon whether movement or location is mentioned.
Fahren in + akkusative (because of direction of motion from A to B): Wir fahren in das (ins) Gebirge
Wohnen in + dative (location B): Wir wohnen im Gebirge.
das Gebirge
Wir fahren ins Gebirge.
(I've found it in the Internet, but why is it "INS" here? Isn't it "Gebirge" plural form? Do we say in english "we go to the mountain" (plural)?
Wir wohnen im Gebirge. (We live in the mountain).
ins=in das
it's not in plural form
im = in dem
why?because "fahren" is a verb with movement and direction,but "wohnen" is not.
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