GrammarB1· Freundschaft & Beziehungen

Verben mit Präpositionen

Verbs with fixed prepositions

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

From what you know

Ich warte auf den Bus.Worauf wartest du? — Darauf, dass du anrufst.

6 parts · about 6 min

1What & when

In one line

Learn verb, and case as one block. Things: darauf. People: auf ihn.

Before

Ich freue mich auf den Ausflug.

Watch the sentence change …

da and the replace the thing. auf starts with a vowel, so an r comes in: darauf.

„Ich freue mich darauf.“ — I'm looking forward to it.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

Many German verbs come with a fixed partner: a . It belongs to the verb and has nothing to do with place or time. Examples: warten auf (wait for), denken an (think of), sich ärgern über (be annoyed about). Short words like darauf and daran stand for the preposition and the thing after it. You ask with or . Course books call these the da- and wo-words, or Präpositionaladverbien.

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

Freundschaft & BeziehungenYou need it whenever you talk about feelings and people. What are you waiting for, or looking forward to? Who can you rely on? What annoyed you? After a misunderstanding with a friend, you need it in almost every line: —

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