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danyal
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 Message 9 of 10
25 January 2014 at 2:29am | IP Logged 
i plan on doing michel thomas foundation German this weekend

@samchone good luck to you too

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danyal
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 Message 10 of 10
23 February 2014 at 1:19am | IP Logged 
German Team February Challenge

Separable Verbs (Trennbare Verben)

auf.räumen

Timo räumt die Wohnung auf. Timo cleans up/is cleaning up the apartment.

fern.sehen

Corinna sieht fern. Corinna watches/is watching TV.

Separable verbs consists of a verb and a prefix. When the verb conjugates to match its subject, the prefix separates and goes to the end of the phrase. The prefix changes the meaning of the verb, as in theses example:

sehen = to see         fernsehen = to watch television
                         ansehen   = to view, look at.

hören = to hear     zuhören = to listen to someone or something

In a few cases, the prefix completely changes the meaning of the verb:

hören = to hear      aufhören = to quit, cut it out, stop doing something

fangen = to catch    anfangen = to begin, start

The prefix goes to the end of the phrase, regardless of how many elements are in the phrase. The conjugated verbs, as always, remains anchored in the second position.

Anton steht (2 position, verb) (am Samstag schon um 6 Uhr) auf. (final position, prefix).

Edited by danyal on 23 February 2014 at 1:29am

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