Day 45 - dative prepositions

Question 1

The following prepositions always take the dative case:

Dative Prepositions
AUS…out / from
AUSSER…outside of / except for
BEI…by / with
MIT…with
NACH…after
SEIT…since
VON…from / of
ZU…to
GEMAß…according to
GEGENÜBER…across from

You may notice some prepositions have multiple meanings. Mastering prepositions in German will take some trial and error. Consider the sentences: She is angry with me. She is angry at me. Which is correct? Is it with or at? What is the actual meaning of with and at? Does anyone really know? The same problem happens in German. In many cases, more than one preposition can fit, and the prepositions themselves have many translations based on what verb they follow.

Question 2

1. AUS…out / from dat. aus
2. AUßER…outside of / except for dat. außer
3. BEI…by / with / at dat. bei
4. MIT…with dat. mit
5. NACH…after dat. nach
6. SEIT…since dat. seit
7. VON…from / of dat. von
8. ZU…to dat. zu
9. GEMÄß…according to dat. gemäß
10. GEGENÜBER…across from dat. gegenüber

Question 3

1. He is coming out of the house.

Answer 3

Er kommt aus DEM Haus.
DAS Haus. dem, der, dem, den

Question 4

2. Except for me, she likes everyone.

Answer 4

Außer mir mag sie jeden.

Question 5

3. I live with her.

Answer 5

Ich wohne bei ihr.
dem, der, dem, den. DER>IHR

Question 6

4. Are they coming with us?

Answer 6

Kommen sie mit uns?

Question 7

5. I’ll call you after the game.

Answer 7

Ich rufe dich nach dem Spiel an.
der Spiel>dem Spiel. an.rufen

Question 8

6. Since the fall of the wall, Berlin is becoming better.

Answer 8

Seit dem Mauerfall wird Berlin besser.

Question 9

7. That gift is from me.

Answer 9

Das Geschenk ist von mir.

Question 10

8. Are you going to work?

Answer 10

Gehst du zu Arbeit?

Question 11

9. According to the contract, I have to pay 500 Euro.

Answer 11

Gemäß dem Vertrag muss ich 500 Euro bezahlen.

Question 12

10. The bank is across from the post office.

Answer 12

Der Bank ist gegenüber von der Post.
DIE POST>DER POST