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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 1 of 24 19 March 2014 at 8:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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This thread is just for us beginners to post examples of German preposition usage. So
post away... 1. mit fünfzig.... "At 50...." Mit fünfzig muss ich auch vorsichtiger sein. At 50 I have to be more careful too. 2. auf etwas achten Keep an eye on something. Wir müssen auf die Kalorien acten. 3. von etw. hören hear about something. Er will gar nichts mehr von der Sache hören. He doe not want to hear anything more about the matter. Edited by Gemuse on 19 March 2014 at 8:44pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
 DavidStyles Octoglot Pro Member United Kingdom Joined 3942 days ago 82 posts - 179 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin, French, Portuguese, Norwegian Studies: Mandarin, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 24 19 March 2014 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For those who like Anki, there is a shared deck with 151 handy flashcards:
German Prepositional Verbs (+Cases) which, as the name suggests, gives prepositional verbs, visually adjusted for the case they take (BIU) as well as being appended with "+ Dat" (or whatever case it takes). Edited by DavidStyles on 19 March 2014 at 10:32pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4623 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 3 of 24 19 March 2014 at 11:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Er starb an Krebs - He died of cancer.
A bit morbid, but it's a commonly used preposition nonetheless. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 4 of 24 20 March 2014 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks David!!
5. Dieser Brief ist an dich. This letter is addressed to you. Edited by Gemuse on 20 March 2014 at 5:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5321 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 5 of 24 20 March 2014 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
"An" requires "adressieren:" Dieser Brief ist an dich adressiert. Without "addressieren," you'll have to use "für:" Dieser Brief ist für dich. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 6 of 24 20 March 2014 at 6:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks! I had just lifted that sentence from Hugo German from the following piece: "Dieser Brief ist an dich. Du musst nicht unbedingt antworten." So Hugo German has an error it seems. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5767 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 7 of 24 20 March 2014 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I might say the sentence exactly like that!
Or "Ich habe einen Brief an dich geschrieben." "Ich habe einen Brief an dich geschickt." "Dieser Brief ist an dich gerichtet." "Hier ist ein Brief für dich gekommen." "Jemand hat einen Brief für dich abgegeben." "Ich schreibe dies nur für dich." I'd say, the verb is ... somewhere in there but it often can be dropped. "an" is used to indicate the letter is addressed to the other person or done with the person in mind, "für" to say it was done for the benefit of the other person - and in many cases both have the same result. Edited by Bao on 20 March 2014 at 6:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4623 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 8 of 24 20 March 2014 at 6:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Schweinsteiger schießt aufs Tor.
Shooting for goal (sports). 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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