German Verbs with Fixed Prepositions Don't Exist - You're Doing It WRONG!

German verbs with fixed prepositions don't exist. In this video I will explain why some people think verbs with fixed prepositions exist, how this myth originated, and what you should really learn instead.
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[@MrLAntrim]

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[@BunnyWilde]

Thanks for another great video. Happy Monday.

[@PalasBrown]

Thanks Herr Antrim! i am little bit confused about "Ich gebe das Buch an den Lehrer" before watch this video.

[@sergeibogolepov3920]

You are very good. Like your explanations. Lot's of teachers just say "Memorise!"

[@nadiafaisal9307]

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[@Pixxelshim]

Just found your channel and subscribed. Great explanations, coming at a time when I am struggling with a related issue. Anmachen & aufmachen, ,aufdrehen, & zudrehen, eischalten & ausschalten. Up or down with heating, the oven, lighting, etc. Do you have any pointers or rules?

[@fremejoker]

The prefixes in your examples change the direction that is inherent in the base verb. Every verb has a direction, but it's not always a geometrical direction, so you have to think out of the box sometimes. Gehen is forwards. Drehen is from one side to another in a circle. Even verbs without an obvious direction have directions, example "lernen" its direction is from less to more. Almost all prefixes change this direction of a verb. You are probably wondering when to use what, if I understand you correctly. Well, that's not easy to explain if you don't know what the actual base verbs machen, drehen and schalten mean. You can anmachen, einschalten and ausschalten a light; you can anmachen, aufmachen, aufdrehen, zudrehen, einschalten and ausschalten a Heizung (heater/heating); and you can anmachen, aufmachen, einschalten, ausschalten and sometimes also aufdrehen and zudrehen the Ofen (oven). Machen means to do something that has a result, to do something without a result is 'tun'. (This meaning of 'tun' makes it pretty much unusable and it's the reason why it is less used in German unlike 'to do' in English.) If you machen (do) something with the heating, the oven or the light, it will have result. So what can you actually machen (do) with a heater or heating, you can turn on the heater, right? This is anmachen. Can you open the heater? This would be 'aufmachen' and it would foremost mean that you literally open the radiator. It is possible to intend to mean it like turn up the heater to get hotter temperatures but we Germans would rather use aufdrehen. Can you drehen (rotate) a heater? Yes, but no, just kidding, anyway 'drehen' refers not really to the radiator but the valve and the valve can be rotated and while rotating to the right it comes towards you and rotating it to the left it goes back, going back means it closes the water flow, going towards you opens the water flow. Auf and zu can mean open and closed, and here they do, so aufdrehen means literally you are rotating the valve to open up the waterflow inside the valve and zudrehen means the opposite. Here you see, you need to understand and know the meaning of drehen and what meaning it forms with the word Heizung. And then you can find out what prefixes do in that context. As an advise, get a German dictionary with explanations of the meaning in German, not a translation dictionary. Learn the prefixed verbs as you go and over time you will eventually get a feeling for prefixes and what they do, and then you won't need the help of a dictionary anymore. As a bonus: The prefix 'ver-' for example changes the direction of the base verb to 'not that direction of the base verb'. Example: Laufen has the direction towards a destination, whether mentioned or not doesn't matter. "Ich habe mich verlaufen." translates to "I am lost." because 'ver-' cuts off the direction to the destination or in other words, 'verlaufen' isn't directed to a destination due to 'ver-'. But be cautious with some words, 'verlassen' for example doesn't work this way, because its meaning is fixed.

[@Pixxelshim]

@@fremejoker Wow! Wonderful advice and a perspective that I had not considered. Thanks!!

[@fremejoker]

@@Pixxelshim I didn't get a notification of your answer, so here late but still: You're welcome.

[@Pixxelshim]

@@fremejoker Alles ist gut.

[@sosososoo4842]

Well do u mean we should learn the meaning of prepositions separately Sp that we can attach them free with any verb?

[@MrLAntrim]

Yes. That's what I was trying to say.

[@libbybataan5919]

i love this topic my teacher give a lot of verb with prepostion and i ask if i need to memo all this lol

[@conansherlock8202]

My teacher even didn't give me that : (. He asked us to search online and summary them by ourselves.

[@HamzaAfridi999]

@@conansherlock8202will u give me some tips! As by now u surely would master them

[@akoska]

Hi Levi! I know that u live in Edwardsville, not far from Chicago n Canada! I ask that is Edwardsville effect o was Edwardsville effected to the huricane dorian?

[@MrLAntrim]

No.

[@akoska]

@@MrLAntrim Halo Lewi! Hoffe sehr daß schon arbeitest! Ich möchte etwas sagen: Heute ist mein Geburstag! Bin 32, zweiundreißig jahre alt! Wan ist dein Geburtstag Lewi? Und das Wetter zum glück, ist auch meinen Geburtstag zieht! Jezt wir haben Sonnenschein mit blauen Himmel. Aber die Temperatur am Morgen und Abend leider ist schon unbequem. Man ist kalt am Morgen, aber am Vor und Nachmittag die Temperatur ist noch gut ist! Erinnere, heute morgen, ich mochte zu hause bleiben, den mir kalt war. Jezt, zum glück, mir ist nicht kalt. Ich werde meinen Geburtstag am Sontag gefeiert! Aber als ich kenne mich, ichselbst, amontag werde zu hause bleiben den am Sontagabend werde müde. Ich mus etwas noch sagen: Wie sagte ich, meine Eltern möchten zu meinem jüngeren Bruder nach Ravensburg mit dem Wagen gehen und möchten daß sei ich dort! Nein! Ich mlchte nicht! Möchte keine 16 Stunde Fahrt! S fängt dem Sontag.

[@electracontra341]

Sie haben viele wunderbare Inhalt gemacht, ich freue mich darüber. ❤️

[@eratransito]

Thanks for the videos.. i dont know why you dont have much views because in youtube are veeery litle german courses content

[@junaidelias8960]

Hi @MrLAntrim Why do we have Es bestehen and not Es besteht in first example..shouldn't es have besteht? thnx

[@c4u2c2]

Ich bin so beeindruckt! Übrigens - Soll es ''Er besteht auf organischem Obst'' sein? [dh Dativ]

[@MrLAntrim]

Es gibt zwei davon. auf etwas bestehen - to demand (Accusative) auf etwas bestehen - to insist on (Dative)

[@c4u2c2]

@@MrLAntrim Thanks for the quick response, but it's a bit confusing, since your example in the video uses ''ínsist on''. Duden states that bestehen auf is used ''selten auch mit Akkusativ''. There's an interesting deep analysis here: ids-pub.bsz-bw.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/3451/file/Strecker_Er_besteht_auf_seinem_Recht.pdf

[@MrLAntrim]

Ah. You are correct. I used the wrong one in the video. Sorry about that.

[@raschedmuhsen361]

Hallo! kleine Frage! "der Junge hängt sich an (dieses oder diesem) Mädchen"? Danke im Voraus! :)

[@MrLAntrim]

Akkusativ: Der Junge hängt sich an dieses Mädchen.