Hello and welcome to the 36th video of 3 Minutes German.
Today I will teach you how one uses the 9 two-way prepositions.
There are 9 of them.
The simplest way to define these prepositions,
is to show them in this picture.
As you see, this is the number 9 with the 9 two-way prepositions written around it.
We are starting at the very top and we will work our way clockwise around.
At the very top we see "über".
"Über" in English is "over".
Under that we see "auf".
That means "on" in English.
The difference here is "over"... "on".
After "auf" comes "neben".
"Neben" in English is "next to".
Behind "neben" stands "hinter".
In English we say "behind".
"Zwischen" stands above the line of the 9 and above the circle.
In English we say "between".
At the bottom of the picture, we see "unter".
And in English we say "under".
To the left we see the word "an".
"An" means "on" in English. That is exactly like the word "auf".
In order to not confuse these two words,
one must know that "an" is used with vertical objects
and "auf" is used with horizontal objects.
Further to the left we see the word "vor".
In English we say "in front of" or "before".
In the middle we see the word "in" and that is the same in English.
If you can't remember these prepositions,
there are, of course, a few songs about that.
You can see them here.
Because the definitions of these words are not so complicated,
something else has to be complicated.
These prepositions require the accusative or the dative case.
They require the accusative if the object moves
and they require the dative if the object stays still.
After we have learned the theory,
we can make a few example sentences out of this.
The man is hanging the picture on the wall. -
These words are already in the video. I should have subtitles here.
Because this video is already over 3 minutes, I have to stop here for the day.
But there is more information on my blog here and, of course, in the description.
And there one can find a list of verbs that one uses with the accusative case or the dative case.
There are also other tips there.
That is all for today. Thanks for watching. Until next time. Bye.