I'm struggling with prepositions. What's the meaning of bei uns in this sentence?
Willkommen bei uns zu Hause.
Or another example:
Willkommen bei Twitter.
Why is it not like "Willkommen zu Twitter"?
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Sign up to join this communityI'm struggling with prepositions. What's the meaning of bei uns in this sentence?
Willkommen bei uns zu Hause.
Or another example:
Willkommen bei Twitter.
Why is it not like "Willkommen zu Twitter"?
The confusion apparently arises from the fact that, as in the first sentence (Willkommen bei uns zu Hause) you also expect the appearence of zu in Willkommen bei Twitter, because you connect the zu with the English to. Well, that is erroneous: Bei is the preposition there that plays the role of to, whereas zu Hause is just, as a whole, home. And uns only determines whose home.
That said, bei is not the only preposition that can be used with willkommen. See this question for a longer discussion.