When to use it
Use it at a travel agency or on the phone to describe the hotel you want.
“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” — The sentence in English
"I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi" needs the article "a" before "pool".
- I'm
- contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"
- looking
- verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now
- for
- prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- hotel
- nounnoun
- with
- prepositionpreposition
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- pool
- nounnoun; a swimming pool
- and
- coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction
- wifi
- nounnoun
“Ich suche ein Hotel mit Pool und WLAN.” — The sentence in German
"Ich suche ein Hotel mit Pool und WLAN" lists the features after "mit" without articles. Germans say "WLAN" for wifi.
- Ich
- pronoun"I"
- suche
- verbsuchen · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: singular · "I look for"
- ein
- determinerindefinite article, neuter: "a"
- Hotel
- nounneuter noun: "hotel"
- mit
- preposition"with"
- Pool
- nounmasculine noun borrowed from English: "pool"
- und
- coordinating conjunction"and"
- WLAN
- nounneuter noun: "wifi" (wireless LAN)
English × German: What changes from one language to the other
English says "a pool"; German leaves the article out in the list. English "wifi" is "WLAN" in German.
Example conversation
— Ich suche ein Hotel mit Pool und WLAN.
— I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.
— Wir haben zwei Angebote in Strandnähe.
— We have two offers near the beach.