|
 |
German Preposition Usage Example thread | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Specific Languages |  | |
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4087 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 17 of 24 29 March 2014 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Sie schreiben eine E-Mail an einen Bekannten in Berlin.
You write an e-mail to a friend in Berlin. Denen wollen wir aber eine Zeitlang noch nichts davon sagen. "We shall not tell them about it for a while". Glauben Sie an ein Leben nach dem Tod? "Do you believe in a life after death?" Not a preposition, but an unexpected (to me) dative case usage: Der Chef verspricht mir immer wieder mehr Geld. Dem kann man gar nichts mehr glauben. I would have expected "Den". Another example: Er hat zu viele Probleme mit seinem Geschäft. Dem ist er einfach nicht mehr gewachsen. I would have expected "Das" (akk). Edited by Gemuse on 30 March 2014 at 12:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6230 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 18 of 24 03 May 2014 at 4:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
Hallo Gemüse, Auf "glauben" folgt immer der Dativ...glaub' mir.
mmmhh...ich muss überlegen...Grammatik war noch nie meine Stärke. "etwas nicht gewachsen sein" steht immer im Dativ. Wem oder was ist jemand nicht gewachsen? -dem Stress, -der Sache, -dem Geschäft, 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6230 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 19 of 24 03 May 2014 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Auch bei "womit" steht der Dativ:
Womit isst du Gemüse am liebsten? -mit Brot..mit geröstetem Brot. -mit einer scharfen Soße. -mit zwei beidseitig gebratenen Spiegeleiern -mit einer in Mortadella eingewickelten Banane 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4087 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 20 of 24 04 May 2014 at 6:50am | IP Logged | |||||
|
vielen Dank Maikl!
1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6230 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 21 of 24 04 May 2014 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
gern gescheh'n!
Werde demnächst mal wieder öfter hereinschneien. Edited by Maikl on 04 May 2014 at 6:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pushkin Tetraglot Groupie France Joined 5524 days ago 49 posts - 60 votes Speaks: French*, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), German, Modern Hebrew | Message 22 of 24 04 May 2014 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
[QUOTE=Bao] 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." Hi, I 'd like to know if it's more natural and common to say : - Ich habe dir einen Brief geschrieben - Ich habe dir einen Brief geschickt - Dieser Brief ist dir gerichtet (??) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6230 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 23 of 24 05 May 2014 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
yes, it is. diese Antwort ist an dich (nicht: dir) gerichtet ... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6230 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 24 of 24 05 May 2014 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Ich habe dir einen Brief geschrieben. (Tatsache)
Ich habe einen Brief an dich geschickt. (Betonung des Adressaten: ""Ich habe einen Brief an dich geschrieben und nicht an deine Mutter / nicht deiner Mutter!"" ) 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
