Prepositions – German with Laura

German Genitive Prepositions

Laura Bennett — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:18:33 +0000

Like the genitive case as a whole, genitive prepositions are a sticky subject.

Some genitive prepositions are still used, but more and more are replaced by dative constructions. How does one know when to use what? (<-- we’ll talk about that!)

German Two-Way Prepositions

Laura Bennett — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:16:45 +0000

At this point in your German-learning journey, you’ve probably got a good sense for accusative and dative prepositions (<-- if not, start there!).

But now there’s a whole category of prepositions that switch back-and-forth between the accusative (when indicating direction) and dative (when indicating location)?! *facepalm*

Nah, actually it’s not that bad. 😉

German Dative Prepositions

Laura Bennett — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:59:06 +0000

No language-learning is complete without tackling prepositions. They are pretty necessary little words that add important info on when, where, how and with whom things are done! Prepositions are little words such as with, for, against, to, on, over, under, in, behind, between, through, etc. that we use all. the. time. in both English & German.

German Accusative Prepositions

Laura Bennett — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:32:07 +0000

When you first start learning German, you realize fast that you can’t get far without learning prepositions. Prepositions are little words such as with, for, against, to, on, over, under, in, behind, between, through, etc. that we use all. the. time. in both English & German!