Da- and Wo-Compounds with Dative Prepositions - B1 German Grammar

[@jasonlove8733]

Do you have any video that explains why the object and subject switch positions relative to how they are in English sentences such as “ Das weiß man nie” for You never know. ?

[@fremejoker]

You can switch because German has cases that show which is the subject or object of a sentence. Because English has lost its cases, English must have a fixed word order where the first position of a sentence can only be a subject and never an object (except in questions and some other rather rare instances).

[@sdjc1]

It's hard for an American to decide between "aus,von,zu". The best way is to learn "verbs with prepositions" which take precedence, e.g., " denken an, traumen von, sehen aus stimmen zu", etc. Danke fürs Video!

[@fremejoker]

sehen aus, stimmen zu are actually separable verbs -> aussehen, zustimmen aus - think of an arrow that points out of a circle von - think of an arrow that points to the original place zu - think of an arrow that points to a destination Ich trage die Pilze aus dem Wald. I carry the mushrooms out of the forest. (The forest is the circle, the arrow shows you to what place the mushrooms are carried -> out of the forest.) Ich hole die Erdbeeren vom Feld. I fetch the strawberries from the field. (The original place is the field and the arrow points to that field.) Ich gehe zu der Party. I am going to the party. (The destination is the party and the arrow points to it.)

[@vintagebae7258]

does position of da word matters? can it be placed only in the beginning at end or it can be placed anywhere

[@MrLAntrim]

It goes after the verb, but there is some flexibility of where that is exactly.

[@vintagebae7258]

@@MrLAntrim after the verb? But I've seen it often at the start of sentence?

[@MrLAntrim]

@@vintagebae7258 Technically you can put whatever you want at the beginning of a sentence in German. The da-compounds function like adverbs, which are often put at the front of the sentence. This pushes your subject to the other side of the verb.

[@vintagebae7258]

@@MrLAntrim vielen lieben Dank

[@bellehang8561]

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