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träumen von

to dream of

überrascht von

to be surprised by

enttäuscht von

to be disappointed by/with/in

erwarten von

to expect of

abhängen von

to depend on

zu (literally translated to)

helfen bei

to help at/with

beliebt bei

popular with

sich entschuldigen bei

to apologize to

sich bewerben bei

to apply to

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Say “anrufen” when you want to call somebody, use “telefonieren mit” when you talk with that person on the phone/ have a phone conversation

Mrs. Puddles gives a tip!

The verbs with dative prepositions

These are very important verbs (and phrases), which have their prepositions fixed and should be memorised as shown below (we covered the most common ones):

Check me!

A. Do you believe me?

B. I'm inviting you to my party

C. She is congratulating us

D. My mother is disappointed with me

E. They don't talk with me

A. Glauben Sie mir?

B. Ich lade dich zu meiner Party ein

C. Sie gratuliert uns

D. Meine Mutter ist von mir enttäuscht

E. Sie reden nicht mit mir

Pronouns

Check me!

A. I help friends at work

B. We work on a project

C. I talk with the teacher on the phone

D. She is surprised by the presents.

E. I attend a conference today

A. Ich helfe den Freunden bei der Arbeit

B. Wir arbeiten an einem Projekt

C. Ich telefoniere mit dem Lehrer

D. Sie ist überrascht von den Geschenken.

E. Ich nehme heute an einer Konferenz teil

von

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vor

schützen vor

to protect from

sich fürchten vor

to be scared of

sich verstecken vor

to hide from

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an

glauben an

to believe in

denken an

to think of

anpassen an

to adapt to

sich gewöhnen an

to get used to

sich erinnern an

to remember

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nach (not very intuitive)

fragen nach

to ask for/about

suchen nach

to search for

klingen nach

to sound like

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zu (literally translated to)

einladen zu

to invite to

gratulieren zu

to congratulate

beitragen zu

to contribute to

führen zu

to lead to

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mit (this is an easy one: with )

anfangen mit

to start with

beginnen mit

to begin with

reden mit

to talk with

sprechen mit

to speak with

telefonieren mit

to talk on the phone with

aufhören mit

to stop with

vergleichen mit

to compare with

zufrieden sein mit

to be satisfied with

sich streiten mit

to argue with

Nouns

*es geht

it works

*wehtun

to hurt

*schmecken

to taste

passen

to fit

gefallen

to like

passieren

to happen

*fehlen

to lack

helfen

to help

antworten

to answer

glauben

to believe

gehören

to belong to

folgen

to follow

gratulieren

to congratulate

vertrauen

to trust

danken

to thank

erlauben

to allow

Dative verbs

Dative verbs as opposed to accusative verbs (here!) form a small group of verbs.

Mr. Puddle: Correct! Also, we say “Ich mag das Telefon” but here “Ich mag” has more emphasis than “Mir gefällt”, “I like it more” when I use “mag”. When you really like something: “Ich liebe das Telefon” saying that, I literally love the phone!

Mr. Puddle: Well, the pronoun is first as usual, though it’s not in the nominative (ich) but rather in dative, followed by the verb in the 3rd person. Let’s try “gefallen”, - gefällt, Let's try an example: How do I say “I like the phone”?

Miss Purrplexed:: “Mir gefällt das Telefon”?

Miss Purrplexed: I don’t understand the inversion verbs…

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I. Theory and definitions: Verbs in dative

Verbs in dative case German

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In German when you feel it’s too hot, it’s strange to say “Ich bin heiß!” (in English “I’m hot”) because it’s translated literally as “I’m sexy” and you may easily raise some eyebrows around you, instead you have to say “Mir ist heiß”

Mrs. Puddles gives a tip!

✔️ Practical examples. As we told you already, the they are very similar with the accusative ones. Yet, they have theyr own ways of rolling. Let's see!

V. Let's practice! - Verbs in dative

IV. Purrrfection explained! - Verbs in dative

✔️Verbs with “mit” and “zu” are literally translated from English “with, to”, so you shouldn't stay too much memorizing them

✔️The dative verbs are just a few and are very common in the spoken and written language, you’ll learn them gradually

✔️You can intuitively learn the other verbs with dative prepositions “überrascht von, enttäuscht von”, or create some charts or draw some mind maps or try building your own sentences

III. Tips & Tricks : How to learn them easily? - Verbs in dative

II. Practical examples - Verbs in dative

This lesson will be very similar with the previous one. This happens because they share the same concepts but in theyr own way. When we talked about the accusative and nominative cases (here!), we explained how important is the relationship between:

✔️ The subject (Nominative ) and

✔️ The object (direct - Accusative, indirect - Dative).

Let’s revise the dative case:

✔️ It points out a indirect object: Ich gebe dem Mann einen Apfel

✔️ How do we figure out the indirect object? By asking “to whom?”.

* To whom do I give an apple?

* To a man!

➔ The articles are changed:

masculine der/ das ⟶ dem, ein ⟶ einem

feminine die ⟶ der, eine ⟶ einer

plural die ⟶ den (some nouns get -n)

➔ The pronouns are also changed: mir, dir, ihm, ihr, uns, euch, ihnen/ Ihnen

➔ We also learned the Dative prepositions: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, zu, von

or dative - accusative prepositions (here!)

➔ Don’t forget about the verbs of position, which are asking for dative: stehen, sitzen, legen, hängen

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Ich bin abhängig dir!

meinem Bruder. .

Hör auf diesem Geräusch!

Sie ist dem Haus zufrieden

Er starb letzte Woche Krebs.

Ich kann nicht einem neuen Job träumen.

Mein Bruder ist enttäuscht mir.

kalt.

Wir verstecken uns der Polizei.

Hast du sie meiner Party eingeladen?

▶ See the translation of the text

1. I'm depending on you!

2. The car belongs to my brother

3. Stop with that noise!

4. She is satisfied with the house

5. He died from cancer last week

6. I can't dream of a new job

7. My brother is disappointed in me

8. I'm cold

9. We're hiding from the police

10. Did you invite her to my party?