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22 Cards in this Set
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Prepositions taking only the dative (9):
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aus, ausser, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, gegenuber
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trans: Mr. Schmidt comes from Berlin.
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Herr Schmidt kommt aus Berlin. [aus - "out of" (indicates origin)]
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trans: The package came from Germany. [past]
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Das Paket kam aus Deutschland. [aus - "from" with place names (indicates origin)]
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trans: Besides him I don't know any one in Hamburg.
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Ausser ihm kenne ich niemand in Hamburg. [ausser - except for, besides, but, aside from, other than]
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I know a lot of people in Hamburg besides him.
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Ausser ihm kenne ich viele in Hamburg. [ausser - besides, in addition to]
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trans: He's at work now.
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Er ist jetzt bei der Arbeit. [bei - at, with (referring to someone's home; to a business or professional establishment; to place of work)]
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trans: Our house is near the train station.
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Unser Haus liegt beim Bahnhof. [bei - near (with locations]
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trans: He sat across from me.
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Er sass mir gegenuber. [gegenuber - across from, opposite (note: gegenuber normally follows its object.)]
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mit: most common uses (2)
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(i)with, (ii) by (with means of transportation)
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trans: Are you coming with us? [Sie]
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Kommen Sie mit uns? [mit - with]
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trans: He came by train. [present perfect]
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Er ist mit dem Zug gekommen. [mit - by (with means of transportation); Note: German uses the definite article with means of travel.]
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trans: Are you going to Hamburg? [Sie]
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Fahren Sie nach Hamburg? [nach - to (destination with place names); note: nach is used with the names of towns, cities, states, countries, and continents, i.e. names of towns and larger places]
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trans: It is ten after five.
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Es ist zehn nach funf. [nach - after (in time expressions)]
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trans: We've been living in Freiburg since the first of April.
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Wir wohnen seit dem ersten April in Freiburg. [seit - since (a point in past time)]
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trans: She has been living at our place for a week.
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Sie wohnt seit einer Woche bei uns. [seit - for (a period of time)]
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trans: I'm driving from Stuttgart to Cologne.
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Ich fahre von Stuttgart nach Koln. [von - from]
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trans: I got a letter from Thomas today. [present perfect]
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Huete habe ich einen Brief von Thomas bekommen. [von - from]
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trans: That's very nice of you. [formal]
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Das ist sehr nett von Ihnen. [von - of]
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trans: The glass fell off of [from] the table. (past)
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Das Glas fiel vom Tisch. [von - off of]
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trans: He was very nice to her. [past]
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Er war sehr nett zu ihr. [zu - to (attitudes with people)]
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trans: He's going to the train station [to the post office].
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Er geht zum Bahnhof [zur Post]. [zu - to (directions with places inside a town or city)]
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trans: He's going to his friend's [place].
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Er geht zu seinem Freund. [zu - to (directions with places inside a town or city, with persons)]
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