Year 10 - German
Freizeit: prepositions, da-compounds
My personal world: Der Alltag
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits reflexive verbs in past and present tenses as pupils discuss daily routines. Known prepositions are practised, and new prepositions taking accusative and dative are introduced. Times and days are revisited as 'nachdem' and bevor' with clauses are introduced.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use prepositions with the accusative and dative to describe where people and things are and where they are going in the context of free time.
Key Notes
- The prepositions hinter, neben, unter, über, vor, zwischen and in are used with the accusative when there is movement.
- The prepositions hinter, neben, unter, über, vor, zwischen and in are used with the dative when there is no movement.
- 'Vor' can mean 'before', 'in front of' or 'ago'.
- Use da-compounds for inanimate nouns already mentioned. Use direct or indirect object pronouns for animate nouns.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preposition: a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- accusative: case used for the direct object in a sentence, after most verbs and some prepositions
- dative: case used for the indirect object in a sentence and after a dative verb or preposition
- da-, dar-: prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All prepositions are followed by either the accusative or the dative.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The prepositions hinter, neben, unter, über, vor, zwischen and in are used with the accusative when there is movement. The prepositions hinter, neben, unter, über, vor, zwischen and in are used with the dative when there is no movement.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'
a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: All prepositions are followed by either the accusative or the dative. Correction: The prepositions 'hinter', 'neben', 'unter', 'über', 'vor', 'zwischen' and 'in' are used with the accusative case when there is movement but the dative case when there is no movement.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Ich fahre in die Schule: words for 'in' and 'to', wo-compounds Study Guide
- Mein Alltag jetzt und früher: '-chen' and '-lein', 'wenn' and 'als' Study Guide
- Mein Alltag: telling the time, prepositions 'um', 'seit' and 'vor' Study Guide
- Vor und nach der Schule: word order with 'nachdem' and 'bevor' Study Guide
- Wir treffen uns: reflexive verbs past and present, forming adverbs, role play Study Guide
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