Eine Nachricht: 'worum' and 'darum', genitive prepositions
I can use the compounds ‘darum’ and ‘worum’ and understand prepositions with the genitive in the context of sharing messages.
Eine Nachricht: 'worum' and 'darum', genitive prepositions
I can use the compounds ‘darum’ and ‘worum’ and understand prepositions with the genitive in the context of sharing messages.
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Key learning points
- Some verbs are followed by the preposition 'um' and the accusative case.
- The prefix 'wor-' can be added to 'um' to make a question, usually meaning 'what about' or 'around what'?
- The prefix 'dar-' can be added to 'um' to mean 'about it' or 'around it'.
- 'Darum' can also be a conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'that's why'.
- Prepositions 'trotz', 'statt', 'während' and 'wegen' are followed by the genitive. Masculine and neuter nouns gain 's'.
Keywords
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Da-, dar- - prefix added to prepositions to avoid repetition of the noun
Wo-, wor- - prefix added to prepositions to form questions
Genitive - case used to indicate possession and after certain prepositions
Common misconception
'Darum' is a da-compound and its meaning is always directly related to the preposition 'um'.
'Darum' can be used as a da-compund, meaning 'around it' or 'about it' but it is also a conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'that's why'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
geography
biology
athletics
library
impression
area, region
auf
an
um
für
vor
the biggest
the highest
the most
the next, nearest
the best
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to ask for, request
to be about
to care, worry about
to be about, revolve around
es in dem Buch?
darum.
Hilfe.
darum, dass die Kosten steigen.
spielt er noch nicht.
in spite of
instead of
during
because of