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Where are you and where are you going? 'In' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)

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I can use the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘auf’ to ask and answer questions about the movement or the location of someone or something.

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[st] is pronounced as in ‘stark’. At the start of a word, it sounds like ‘sht’. Use 'in' (into) and 'auf' (onto, to) with accusative definite articles to describe movement towards something/someone. Use 'in' (in) and 'auf' (on, at) with dative definite articles to describe the location of something or someone. Accusative definite articles are ‘den’ (m), ‘die’ (f), ‘das’ (nt) and dative forms are ‘dem’ (m), ‘der’ (f), ‘dem’ (nt). 'Auf' can also mean 'to' or 'at', especially when referring to events or open spaces.

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