German Separable Verbs - How do They Work?

[@Mike_Wazowskii7]

I FINALLY understand. That was driving me crazy when to separate and when not to. lol Thank you!

[@KHammes]

Thank you!! Awesome comment :D

[@camillez936]

I love the British Accent English and the German together! Great combination and very clear simple explanation.

[@lovelylarvly]

I live in Germany since 10 years and these are still tuff to me...

[@silverbowftw5225]

damn

[@VickiBee]

I'm telling you. I'd rather pay over $200 for THIS explanation than the one I've already paid for (so need to finish the lessons I bought.) I didn't see the end of the video until now because I can't always watch them to the end on my first try. So I try several times.

[@edwardthomas6956]

Always, whenever struggling with German separable verbs, get a kind teacher like this... these verbs are surely as difficult as Phrasal Verbs are for foreign learners of English... both Phrasal Verbs and German separable verbs are vital. Wonderful to know once mastered, if only....

[@SuperManning11]

Great video! This is a very helpful explanation of a very confusing point of grammar. I came across this video by chance, and I am so glad! You've definitely got a new subscriber here. Danke!

[@fluentlanguage]

Thank you! I certainly appreciate it! I collect more German teaching on my website - check the footer for a direct link to German www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/for-german-learners

[@usmcivan]

thank you, thank you, thank you. I cannot thank you enough this... I've been pulling my hair all day trying to understand this and your video made it all clear. Bless you.

[@Handle_not_available007]

loved the cute lil' side notes in there.! 😍

[@sulin2279]

great metaphor for the separable verbs to crack under pressure

[@VickiBee]

They do that in English too or you'd never be able to buy a cup for someone that says "To a man who's outstanding in his field" and have a man standing in a field beside a cow as the picture on the cup. That's sort of like what it's like: outstanding, out standing. You don't want to make the mistake I did though. I never thought in a million YEARS umbringen would mean 'to intentionally kill someone' and made an unmitigated embarrassment of myself.

[@easygolucky30OFFICIAL]

Thank you so much for this very informative video

[@annamuller2637]

Sehr, sehr gutes Video! Super gute Erklärung! Ich werde es für meinen Deutsch-Kurs benutzen. Vielen Dank. Thank you!

[@jamessalzman4369]

Hello. I was wondering WHY the prefix has to separate. Why not say “Mitkommst du?” instead of “Kommst du mit”? Thanks.

[@TBond-zp2sy]

Thanks! This was really helpful

[@mahmoudragab8529]

You cracked the Puzzle, Thanks a lot

[@fluentlanguage]

Great!!

[@MrReachashish]

Where can I get the list of all prefixes which a particular verb can take. I have searched several books but none of them have it. Can you suggests somewhere I can get this.

[@HenryLoenwind]

Any verb can take all prefixes, the question is just if that combination already has a meaning or not...

[@mangaladaithankar3089]

Please tell us which all verbs changes meaning with prefixes

[@arunanto6084]

"Ziehst du wirklich in einer Stunde um?"- Doubt from Duolingo. In that sentence I suppose "wirklich" is not the other verb because of which umziehen still splits.Right?

[@HenryLoenwind]

"wirklich" is not a verb, it's "really". I suggest to think about verb splitting the other way around: A German sentence has 2 spots for verbs (second place (or first for questions) and last place). The front one can only ever take one verb, all others need to share the last place. A splittable verb breaks apart when you try to cram it into that restricted front spot. Its parts are held together by magnets, not glue.

[@kimberlynorton]

Great work!!!!

[@miniminiminimini2291]

Can we use a prefix to any verb?

[@fluentlanguage]

Pretty much, but they won't make sense with every verb so it's better to learn them. You can use almost any prefix with the really common ones like gehen, malen etc.

[@liubovmkhango5612]

Very nice video. Adding examples with dependent clause, Präteritum and future would make it complete.

[@pauline.7566]

thanks.and please can you kindly explain to the meaning of versehen.

[@VickiBee]

I think Dieb needs to be capitalized though. My boyfriend is native German. He says all nouns are capitalized. They give more importance to common nouns than pronouns: e.e., Ich is only capitalized at beginning of a sentence.

[@sevilay4543]

Vicki Bee Exactly, Dieb must be capitalized, just like all nouns. Ich is only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence because every beginning of a sentence is capitalized, no matter what kind of word, just like in English.

[@johnrogan9420]

Danke

[@charlierashi100]

So is there any rule on how the prefixes change the verb, or is it something I need to memorise for each verb?

[@azuregriffin1116]

There are, in my experience, general trends.

[@HenryLoenwind]

Yes, there are rules, but... Those only apply to freshly formed combinations. Once a combination has been formed, it lives on doing its own thing and changing its meaning over time. Sadly almost all combination verbs are hundreds of years old and have taken very specific meanings that are far from the starting point. However, some prefixes have a very strong meaning, so combined verbs with those tend to drift away less. For example, "wieder-" (again, re-) is strong; so "wiederkommen" still mostly means "come again" and "wiederherstellen" (wieder + create) means "recreate". But even with those, it can become tricky---"wiedergehen" ("walk again"?) means to become undead, for example. ("Wiedergänger" is the old German word for zombie.) It makes perfect sense once you know the meaning (someone who's walking again after death is a zombie), but guessing the meaning just from the parts of the word is virtually impossible.

[@najarjen_6357]

OMG thanks for this video, it was very helpful for me. THANKS @fluentlanguage

[@fluentlanguage]

Cool, you're welcome!

[@lameckfimbo]

das ist toll

[@turqoiselegend1979]

I finally know

[@pra7640]

That was a simple yet effective explanation. Gut erklärt!👍 Ich habe eine Frage: Trennbares Verben Konzept kam aus Sanskrit?🤔 Vielen Dank, schönes Wochenende!🙂

[@fluentlanguage]

Das weiß ich leider nicht - das Konzept der Präfixe ist ja nicht selten aber mit den trennbaren Verben hab ich weniger Erfahrung in meinen Sprachen.

[@lovelylarvly]

Please where can I learn all important prefixes

[@sanjaykumar-ew6mb]

Gut

[@basmaq2268]

Helpful, Thanks

[@surayaiffah4967]

What about "über"?

[@fluentlanguage]

It tends to align with the English prefix "over"

[@happyjalapeno9397]

awesome video.

[@fluentlanguage]

Danke!

[@johnrogan9420]

Even bevor der alphabet...der prefixes und suffixes gestudient!

[@prod.hxrford3896]

Ok it's not that crazy calm down

[@fluentlanguage]

LOL I need you following me around in my life.

[@achmadtete5182]

O meine Lehrerin..woher kommen Sie? Ich komme aus Indonesien

[@johnrogan9420]

Trennung

[@johnrogan9420]

Verb cracks under pressure and runs to the end of the sentence...Alles Deutschers!

[@achmadtete5182]

Bekommen

[@johnrogan9420]

Angewashen....Deutsche lingo...omg!

[@johnrogan9420]

Separable verbs...lol...der lastze Deutsche Worden!