D.h. Kap 7 Zus. Flashcards
Movement to a position: to put verbs (wohin)
Legen, gelegt- to lay
Setzen, gesetzt- to set
Stellen, gestellt- to place (upright)
Stecken, gesteckt- to stick (into)
Hängen, gehängt- to hang
Hin und Her
Hin- indicates motion away from speaker
Her- indicates motion towards
Stationary position: to be verbs (wo)
Liegen, gelegen- to be lying
Sitzen, gesessen- to be sitting
Stehen, gestanden- to be standing
Stecken, gesteckt- to inserted (into)
Hängen, gehängt- to hanging
2-Way prepositions
An- at; on; to
Auf- on, on top of; to
Hinter- behind, in back of
In- in, inside (of); into; to
Neben- beside, next to
Über- over, above; across; about
Unter- under; among
Vor- in front of; before; ago
Zwischen- between
2-way prepositional contractions
Am- an dem
Ans- an das
Im- in dem
Ins- in das
Others: aufs, hinters, hinterm, übers, überm, unters, unterm, vors, vorm
Some idiomatic verb and preposition combos
Denken an (A)- to think of/about
Erzählen von - to tell of/about
Fahren mit- to travel by (means of)
Halten von- to think of, to have an opinion of
Lachen über (A)- to laugh about
Reden/sprechen über (A)/von- to talk/speak about/of
Schreiben an (A)/ über (A)- to write to/about
Studieren an/auf (D)- to study at
Dative time expression
With time expressions an, in, and vor take the dative case.
The use of am+ a day may mean ‘on that one day’ or ‘on all such days’.
Days, time of day, seasons, take dative.
Am Montag- on Monday, Mondays Am abend- in the evening, evenings In der Woche- during the week In einem Jahr- in a year Vor dem Essen- before the meal Vor einem Jahr- a year ago
Accusative time expression
Nouns expressing a definite point in time or duration of time are in accusative and do not use a preposition.
Words such as nächst- and letzt- have endings like the endings for dies-. German does not say ‘für’ a period of time, but rather ‘lang’.
Da- & wo- compounds
In german, pronouns after prepositions normally refer only to persons. German uses da-compounds to refer to things or ideas.
Was may be replaced by a wo-compound.
Wo-compounds are not used to inquire about time. Instead wann, seit wann, or wie lange is used.
Indirect questions
An indirect question is a dependent clause, the finite verb is therefore in last position. Common introductions:
Weißt du (schon), …?
Ich möchte wissen, …
Ich weiß nicht, …
Kannst du mir sagen, …?
An indirect informational question begins with the same question words that are used in direct informational questions. An indirect yes/no question begins with ‘ob.’ Ob means ‘if/whether.’
