Prepositions followed by the dative Flashcards

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1
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What is a preposition?

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Words such as at, for, with, into, from that are followed by noun or pronoun: They show how something is done.

e.g. She is at home, a tool for cutting grass

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He lives opposite us

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Er wohnt uns gegenüber

gegenüber takes the dative case

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She has always been very friendly towards me

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Sie ist mir gegenüber immer sehr freundlich gewesen

When gegenüber is used with pronoun, it must come after the pronoun

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He went for a walk with his friends

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Er ging mit seinen Freunden spazieren

mit takes the dative case

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After two hours he came back

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Nach zwei Stunden kam er wieder.

nach takes the dative case

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She traveled to London.

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Sie ist nach London gereist.

nach takes the dative case

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According to her dialect, she is South German.

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Ihrem Dialekt nach ist sie Süddeutsche.

nach takes the dative case

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He hasn’t played football since he got sick.

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Seit er krank ist, spielt er nicht mehr Fußball.

seit takes the dative case

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I have been living in Frankfurt for two years.

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Ich wohne seit zwei Jahren in Frankfurt.

seit takes the dative case

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She has been working with us for 8 years

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Sie arbeitet seit 8 Jahren bei uns

With seit German uses the present, whereas English takes the perfect

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I don’t know anything about him

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Ich weiß nichts von ihm

von takes the dative case

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She has been convinced by our arguments

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Sie ist von unseren Argumenten überzeugt worden

von takes the dative case

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This girl’s mother is an artist

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Die Mutter von diesem Mädchen ist Künstlerin

von takes the dative case

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She is a friend of Alexander

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Sie ist eine Freundin von Alexander

von can be used instead of the genitive case

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He went to the doctor

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Er ging zum Arzt

zu takes the dative case

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We are invited to dinner

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Wir sind zum Essen eingeladen

zu takes the dative case

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He drinks from the bottle

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Er trinkt aus der Flasche

aus takes the dative case

18
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She comes from Essen

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Sie kommt aus Essen

aus takes the dative case

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The elevator was out of service.

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Der Fahrstuhl war außer Betrieb.

außer takes the dative case

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The patient is now out of danger.

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Der Patient ist jetzt außer Gefahr.

außer takes the dative case

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Everyone except me can be late.

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Alle außer mir kann man zu spät sein.

bei takes the dative case

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Are we celebrating at our place?

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Feiern wir bei uns?

bei takes the dative case

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This is not a problem here in Scotland

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Bei uns in Schottland ist das kein Problem.

bei takes the dative case

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He is still at the hairdresser.

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Er ist noch beim Friseur.

bei takes the dative case

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He still lives with his parents.

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Er wohnt immer noch bei seinen Eltern.

bei takes the dative case

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Riegel is near Freiburg.

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Riegel ist bei Freiburg.

bei takes the dative case

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I can not take it anymore

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Ich halte es nicht mehr aus

Prepositions can be used as separable prefixes

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He stood by his friend

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Er stand seinem Freund bei

Prepositions can be used as separable prefixes

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He is critical of them

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Er steht ihnen kritisch gegenüber

Prepositions can be used as separable prefixes

30
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Take someone with you

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Nehmen Sie jemanden mit

Prepositions can be used as separable prefixes

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Close the door!

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Mach die Tür zu!

Prepositions can be used as separable prefixes