How and when to use the German prepositions zu & bei

ZU and BEI are two very important German prepositions which are mostly used as prepositions of direction / location. In this A2 level video you will learn how and when to use them with lots of example sentences and in the bonus tip at the end the difference between "nach", "zu" and "in" which can all mean "to" in English... 😏 More videos about German prepositions below.
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0:00 Video Content
0:27 Features of ZU
1:44 Features of BEI
2:45 zu VS bei
4:09 Examples in a short story
8:00 Bonus Tip
Viel Spaß und bis bald
Luzi
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One doubt. Dann geht er auf den Markt. Auf dem Markt kauft er..... Why "auf den" in the first sentence and "auf dem" in the second sentence?

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@@gourirajan4706 Auf Den Markt is akkusativ because the sentence is depicting a movement. Auf Dem Markt is Dativ coz that sentence is describing a location and not a movement.

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5:10 - Easy to miss: *auf* is a two-way preposition, so accusative with *gehen* and dative with *kaufen* . 8:35 - Exception: *nach Hause* , a fixed expression.

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Hi Luzi First, thank you for all these videos, you’re really helping us a looot to understand everything better. Now i have a question: if “bei” is a preposition which requires Dativ, why didn’t we use “einem” instead of “ein” in the example “Beim Backer kauft er ein Brot” Could you also say if “ein” is in Akkusativ or Nominativ and why? Thank you 🫶🏼

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Hello Elena, hope it is not too late for the response! Im also learning the language but I would say that it is due to the fact that kaufen is a transitive verb and therefore requires akkusative for its object, in this case the bread (das Brot), the indefinite article is ein, it would be einen if the noun were masculine and eine if it were femenine, but since Brot is neutral you need to use ein. If you look closer, you can see that Beim Backer, uses Bei + dem, therefore Beim, this first part is indeed using Dativ. Good luck!

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Kann man sagen: "BEIM Restaurant, esse ich"? Oder sollte es immer "IM Restaurant, esse ich"? Danke schön!

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Hallo sir , I have a small doubt . I am actually learning from your videos . I am confused with the following preposition such as Auf, an,zu and bei . Basically Auf- on , an - at/on , zu- to/at , bei-with/at .But in some cases the preposition "at" is used by all of these preposition ( auf,an,zu,bei). Can you please differentiate when the An,Auf ,zu,bei takes "at" cases . I dont see any videos explaining them with "at" cases for all these why and how?

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Thank you. But why is it `Ich bin an der Uni` and not ``Ich bin beim Uni`?

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Hi, What I find strange is zu is dative and wohin is accusitive. And dative is described as no motion, but it is used with a moving verb. The same with aus. Ich komme aus dem Haus, but how can one come out of somewhere without motion. Anyway, thanks for an excellent video.

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True! Those prepositions are fix with their case. Those question words become important when used with two way prepositions in order to distinguish which case to use.

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Danke Luzi, may I ask why "Dann geht er auf den Markt" use Akkusative, while "Dann fährt er zu einem Restaurant" use Dative? Also we can use zum Restaurant as well right?

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Yes correct. Zu is always with dative. Auf can be acc or dat. Auf den Markt is Akkusativ here cause its a movement. Ich gehe…

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Now I'm confused again. In another presentation, static use of prepositions is Dativ, and movement is Akkusitiv.

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So just to clarify - 'bei' and 'an' are interchangeable if there is no movement? But it depends on the context on whether one is used more than the other in everyday usage?

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