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How to Say ‘Do you know Café Mokka on the market square?’ in German

Kennst du das Café Mokka am Marktplatz?

kenst doo dahs ka-FAY MOK-kah ahm MARKT-plats

[kenst doo dahs ka-FAY MOK-kah ahm MARKT-plats]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Suggesting a busy central café is a common, reassuring choice for meeting someone from an app for the first time.

Phrase Breakdown

Kennst du

kenst doo

do you know

Use 'kennen' for being familiar with places or people.

Example

Kennst du die Stadt?

Do you know the city?

Words in this phrase

Kennst

[kenst]

do you know

Du-form of 'kennen': to know or be familiar with a person, place or thing.

Example

Kennst du dieses Café?

Do you know this café?

[doo]

you

The pronoun 'du' in nominative form.

Example

Du bist schön.

You are beautiful.

das Café Mokka

dahs ka-FAY MOK-kah

the Café Mokka

Stress the end of 'Café': ka-FAY.

Example

Ich mag das Café Mokka.

I like the Café Mokka.

Words in this phrase

das

[dahs]

the

Definite article used with the noun 'Gespräch.'

Example

Das Gespräch hat mir neue Einblicke gegeben.

The conversation gave me new insights.

Café

[ka-FAY]

café

Neuter noun for a coffee house where you can also get drinks and cake.

Example

Wir treffen uns im Café.

We're meeting at the café.

Mokka

[MOK-kah]

Mokka (café name)

A strong coffee type; here used as the name of a café.

Example

Ich trinke gern einen Mokka.

I like drinking a mocha coffee.

am Marktplatz?

ahm MARKT-plats

at the market square

'am' (an + dem) here means 'at, by'. Stress the first syllable: MARKT-plats.

Example

Die Bäckerei ist am Marktplatz.

The bakery is at the market square.

Words in this phrase

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

Am Montag passt es leider nicht.

On Monday it unfortunately does not work.

Marktplatz

[MARKT-plats]

market square

Central town square where markets are held.

Example

Wir treffen uns am Marktplatz.

We'll meet at the market square.

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