How to Say ‘You go through the main street’ in German
Man fährt durch die Hauptstraße
mahn fehrt doorkh dee HOWPT-shtrah-suh
[mahn fehrt doorkh dee HOWPT-shtrah-suh]
💬 Usage Tip: [Durch] is used for going through a place: [durch die Hauptstraße], [durch den Tunnel], [durch die Stadt]. Notice [die Hauptstraße] stays [die] here.
Phrase Breakdown
Man fährt
mahn fehrt
One drives / you drive / people drive
Impersonal construction; used to describe what people generally do.
Hier fährt man langsam.
Here people drive slowly.
Words in this phrase
Man
[mahn]
one / you / people
Impersonal subject pronoun meaning people in general, often like English 'you' or 'one'.
In Deutschland sagt man oft: Man fährt durch die Hauptstraße.
In Germany people often say: You go through the main street.
fährt
[fehrt]
drives / goes
Form of 'fahren'; used for going by vehicle or traveling on a route.
Der Taxifahrer sagt, man fährt durch die Hauptstraße.
The taxi driver says you go through the main street.
Durch die Hauptstraße
doorkh dee HOWPT-shtrah-suh
Through the main street
Shows the route passes along or through the main street.
Wir gehen durch die Hauptstraße.
We go through the main street.
Words in this phrase
durch
[doorkh]
through
Preposition showing movement from one side or area to another.
Wir fahren durch die Hauptstraße, nicht um sie herum.
We drive through the main street, not around it.
die
[dee]
the
Definite article; here feminine singular accusative for 'Hauptstraße'.
Der Fahrer meint die Hauptstraße im Zentrum.
The driver means the main street in the center.
Hauptstraße
[HOWPT-shtrah-suh]
main street
A town's or area's principal street; useful when discussing route choices.
Man fährt durch die Hauptstraße, wenn die Nebenstraßen voll sind.
You go through the main street when the side streets are full.
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