English Sentence:

Yesterday I went to the computer shop to buy a new scanner.

German Translation:

Gestern war ich im Computerladen um einen neuen Scanner zu kaufen.

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gestern

yesterday

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war

has been, was

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ich

1. I 2. me, myself

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im

at, in, on

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der Computerladen   (Pl: Computerläden)

computer shop, computer store

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um

1. about 2. in order to 3. at 4. up 5. for 6. around 7. after

Here: in order to

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einen

a, an (accusative of masculine noun)

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neu

new

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der Scanner   (Pl: Scanner)

scanner

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zu

1. to 2. at 3. in 4. too 5. closed (e.g. door)

Here: to

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kaufen

to buy, to purchase

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