German 3, Semester I; Gesund leben
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Stufe 2, Seite D

cultureThe Thinker statue A part of the Körperwelten exhibit called "The Thinker."

Körperwelten ("Body Worlds") is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts which are prepared using a technique called plastination in order to show inner organs or structures. The exhibition's developer is a German anatomist named Gunther von Hagens. He invented the plastination technique in the late 1970s. Since the first exhibition in Tokyo in 1995, two additional exhibitions have opened world-wide. The latest one opened in May, 2006, in Minneapolis, MN. It is calculated that over 17 million people worldwide have seen this exhibit.

For more fascinating information, go to: www.bodyworlds.com


review Wiederholung und Zusammenfassung: Präpositionen
Ja, leider gibt's fast eine ganze Seite mit Grammatik, aber es gibt nichts Neues, nur Wiederholung, Erweiterung (expansion) und Zusammenfassung (summary), mit etwas Übung natürlich! Und wir haben am Ende ein Spiel.

Also, los geht's!

On page 1D we reviewed the accusative prepositions and the dative prepositions, and on page 1E we learned about the genitive, including the genitive prepositions. You know, however, that there's one more group. Which one is it? Richtig! The two-way prepositions. What are they? Check yourself.

in, into answer (arrow)
on, onto (something horizontal) answer (arrow)
on, onto, up against (something vertical) answer (arrow)
next to, beside answer (arrow)
behind answer (arrow)
above, over answer (arrow)
between answer (arrow)
under, below answer (arrow)
in front of, before answer (arrow)

And why are they called "two-way"? Nochmals, richtig! They are sometimes followed by dative forms and other times followed by accusative. Do you remember when to use which case? Maybe these sentences will help:

Ich lege den Teller auf den Tisch.       Jetzt liegt der Teller auf dem Tisch.

(Ein Sturm kommt.) Das Kind läuft in das Haus.       Jetzt spielt das Kind in dem Haus.

You got it! If they show the location of something, they're followed by the dative.

If they're showing the motion of something from one place to another, they are followed by the accusative.


practice Wir haben nun alle Gruppen von Präpositionen gelernt. Weißt du, welche Präpositionen in welcher Gruppe gehören? Schreib diese Tabelle auf ein Blatt Papier mit einem "X" in der richtigen Spalte. Dann klicke auf das Wort, um die Antwort zu sehen. (Which prepositions go in which group? Copy this chart, putting an X in the correct column. Then click on each word to see the correct answer.)

  Akkusativ? Dativ? Genitiv? Dative oder Akkusatuiv?
an answer (arrow)      
anstatt answer (arrow)      
auf answer (arrow)      
aus answer (arrow)      
außer answer (arrow)      
außerhalb answer (arrow)      
bei answer (arrow)      
bis answer (arrow)      
durch answer (arrow)      
für answer (arrow)      
gegen answer (arrow)      
hinter answer (arrow)      
in answer (arrow)      
innerhalb answer (arrow)      
mit answer (arrow)      
  Akkusativ? Dativ? Genitiv? Dative oder Akkusatuiv?
nach answer (arrow)      
neben answer (arrow)      
ohne answer (arrow)      
seit answer (arrow)      
statt answer (arrow)      
trotz answer (arrow)      
über answer (arrow)      
um answer (arrow)      
unter answer (arrow)      
von answer (arrow)      
vor answer (arrow)      
während answer (arrow)      
wegen answer (arrow)      
zu answer (arrow)      
zwischen answer (arrow)      


activity Weißt du, wie die alle auf English heißen? Übe nun mit diesem Jigword.


practice Schreib das Deutsche auf ein Blatt Papier. Beim Klicken siehst du die richtinge Antwort.


for our father answer (arrow)
(Hang this) on the wall answer (arrow)
during the summer answer (arrow)
since the winter answer (arrow)
against our team answer (arrow)
beside the house (location) answer (arrow)
besides the children answer (arrow)
in spite of his fever answer (arrow)
at her grandmother's (house) answer (arrow)
around the city answer (arrow)
into the bathroom answer (arrow)
until March answer (arrow)
behind the door (location) answer (arrow)
from Switzerland answer (arrow)
through the garden answer (arrow)
because of his grades answer (arrow)
after school answer (arrow)
without a pencil answer (arrow)
between the players (motion) answer (arrow)


activity Na, wie war's? Hast du alles richtig gehabt? Dann mach diese Hausaufgabe. Sonst kannst du auch mit diesen preposition flashcards üben.


graded assignment Schreib das Deutsche. Diese Aufgabe hat 18 Punkte.

  1. because of the weather
  2. (location) in front of my stepbrother
  3. with her niece
  4. onto the bed
  5. instead of a car
  6. at her father's (house)
  7. since the summer
  8. without his brother-in-law
  9. from your (sg.) sister-in-law


activity Und nun ein Kreuzworträtsel. Es gibt hier keine Grammatik!


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