I. Vocabs quiz
II. Lecture
a. Wechselpräposition
- Prepositions that can either be DATIV or AKKUSATIV
- Dativ if there has no change in movement, or stationary, and answers the question “WO”
- Akkusativ if it has movement and answers the question “WOHIN”
- AN, IN, ÜBER, AUF, UNTER, HINTER, NEBEN, VOR, ZWISCHEN
- legen vs liegen
- Die Lehrerin legt die Prüfung auf den Schreibtisch.
- The teacher is laying the test on the desk.
- setzen vs sitzen
- Das Mädchen setzt sich an den Tisch.
- The girl set herself down at the table.
- Peter hangs the picture on the wall. Now the image hangs on the wall.
- Gerda put the book on the table. Now the book is on the table.
- Guido stands behind the chair. Guido now sits behind the chair.
- Kai puts the monez into the bag. The money is now in the pocket.
- Klaus setzt neben Michaela. Now Klaus is with you.
- He hangs the lamp over the table. Now hang them on the table.
- The dog is lying on the table. Now the dog lies under the table.
- Luis is standing in front of the window. It is now in front of the window.
- He sits down between two women. Now he sits between them.
- here there
- formal hier dort
- informal da da
- Rule of thumb
- Use hier for here and da for there.
- When targeting a high register, sometimes dort is better than da when it is emphasised.
- When there is any kind of doubt whether to use da or one of hier, dort, always prefer da.
- When making sense of German utterings as a native English speaker:
- Dort translates to [over] there.
- Hier typically translates to here, but keep in mind that sometimes it translates to there.
- Da is more likely to translate to there than to here, but you should be equally open to both
interpretations.
- If there is an opposition hier - dort or hier - da, it translates to here - there. (The same is true for an
opposition da - dort. But that's rare because it's colloquial but most German speakers don't use dort
in colloquial speech.)
- If something looks like a ternary opposition hier - da - dort, it's more likely that a binary opposition
hier - da/dort is intended.
- Activity:
- Page 22 – 1, 3
- Page 23 – 5
- Page 24 – 7, 9, 10
- Page 26 – 14
- Page 27 – 18
- Page 32 – 2, 3