In and into places: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Learning outcomes
I can recognise how and when the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘auf’ are used to show the movement or the location of someone or something.
I can correctly pronounce [st].
In and into places: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
Learning outcomes
I can recognise how and when the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘auf’ are used to show the movement or the location of someone or something.
I can correctly pronounce [st].
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Lesson details
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Key learning points
- [st] is pronounced as in 'stark'. At the start of a word, it sounds like 'sht'.
- Use ‘in’ (into) and ‘auf’ (onto) with accusative definite articles to describe movement towards something or someone.
- Use ‘in’ (in) and ‘auf’ (on) with dative definite articles to describe the location of something or someone.
- Accusative definite articles are 'den' (m), 'die' (f), 'das' (nt).
- Dative definite articles are 'dem' (m), 'der' (f), 'dem' (nt).
Keywords
[st] - pronounced as in 'stark'
In - preposition meaning ‘in’ or ‘into’
Auf - preposition meaning ‘on’ or ‘onto’
Accusative case - used with prepositions to indicate movement towards someone or something
Dative case - used with prepositions to indicate the location of someone or something
Common misconception
The grammatical gender of feminine nouns changes to masculine in the dative case.
Feminine nouns are always feminine, no matter what case their article may change to.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
in the afternoon
with friends
with whom?
very
to, towards
to wear, carry; wearing, carrying
lerne
lernst
lernt
lernen
Exit quiz
6 Questions
shop, business
concert
cinema
market
street
city, town