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What does the preposition of time, ‘vor’ describe

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Past events or actions that have been completed.
e.g.
Present Perfect: Nawin IST vor zwei Wochen nach Frankreich GEZOGEN.

Simple Past: Lisa HATTE vor drei Wochen Urlaub.

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What does the preposition of time, ‘seit’ signify?

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An event, action or status that began in the past but has not yet finished.
e.g. Nico WOHNT seit drei Wochen bei Inge.

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What are the prepositions ‘vor’ and ‘seit’ always followed by?

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The dative.
e.g.
der Monat = vor/seit EINEM Monat
die Woche = vor/seit EINER Woche
das Jahr = vor/seit EINEM Jahr

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Turn the following sentences into a compound conjunction using ‘zwar’ and ‘aber’.

Tarek kommt aus der Türkei. - Er spricht meistens Deutsch

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Tarek kommt zwar aus der Türkei, aber er spricht meistens Deutsch.

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Where compound conjunctions link two clauses, they often have a common ______ or ______

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Subject or verb.
e.g. Deutschland war für Yara zwar fremd, aber interessant.

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Answer the following:
Woher kommst du?
Wo lebst du?
Wohin reist du?

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Ich komme aus…
Ich lebe in…
Ich reise nach…

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Countries are in the _____ after the prepositions aus and in.

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Dative.
e.g. Ich komme aus dem Irak / der Schweiz / den USA.

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When responding to wohin reist du, the preposition nach is not used. Instead, the prepostion ______ + ________ case is used.

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in + accusative.
e.g. Ich reise in die Schweiz, in die USA.

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