Biodiversität: definite and indefinite articles after prepositions, da-compounds
I can use articles after prepositions and da-compounds to understand and describe where people are and what they are doing in the context of biodiversity.
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Biodiversität: definite and indefinite articles after prepositions, da-compounds
I can use articles after prepositions and da-compounds to understand and describe where people are and what they are doing in the context of biodiversity.
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Key learning points
- The prepositions 'durch, für, gegen, um' are used with the accusative. 'Aus, bei, mit, nach, von, zu' use the dative.
- 'An, auf, in, über, unter, vor, hinter, neben, zwischen' use the accusative for movement or the dative for no movement.
- Knowing the prepositions and their cases ensures that the correct form of definite and indefinite articles is used.
- Use da-compounds for inanimate nouns already mentioned, including with verbs taking prepositions.
- Use accusative or dative pronouns for animate nouns.
Keywords
Definite article - word for 'the' which may change according to gender, number and case
Indefinite article - the words 'ein', 'eine', 'ein', meaning 'a/an', which may change according to gender, number and case
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Da-, dar- - prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun
Common misconception
All prepositions are followed by only one case - for example, the accusative or the dative.
The prepositions 'an, 'auf', 'in', ‘über’, 'unter', ‘vor’, 'hinter', 'neben' and ‘zwischen’ are used with the accusative case when there is movement, but the dative case when there is no movement.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sentence shows a future action?
Q2.Match the German and the English.
