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Sie war dabei, aber sie blieb nicht zu lange

She was there, but she didn't stay too long

Ich mache meine Hausaufgaben. Ich werde danach ausgehen

I do my homework. I'll go out after after that

Sie träumt davon, Lehrerin zu werden

She dreams of becoming a teacher

Sie dürfen sich nichts daraus machen!

Don’t let it bother you!

Ich werde die Lampe darauf setzen

I will put the lamp on it

Ich sehe die Wolken darüber

I see the clouds above it

Was ist darin?

What’s in it?

Es ist eine Tasche darunter

It's a bag underneath

Wir trinken Tee und dazu Croissants.

We drink tea and croissants with it.

Ich konnte mich nicht daran halten

I couldn't stick with it

Ich habe nur einen Stift und schreibe damit!

I only have a pen and I write with it!

Wir sind mitten im Ozean, dadurch sind wir verloren...

We're in the middle of the ocean, thereby we're lost...

Sie kämpft dagegen an!

She fights against it!

Was hast du dafür?

What do you have for it?

Sie haben den Wald abgeholzt, daher protestieren wir jetzt

They cut down the forest, that’s why now we're protesting

Bis dahin ist noch 5 Minuten

Until there it’s still 5 minutes

Ich habe ein Haus mit einem Garten davor

I have a house with a garden in front of it

Important tip: separable verbs used with da - compound make interesting combinations resulting in dependent clauses (but not necessary):

Have you noticed? da followed by a vowel gets an extra -r

Mrs. Puddles gives a tip!

Ich traume davon

Arzt zu werden

I dream of becoming a doctor

Ich freue mich darauf

wie du bereits weißt

I'm looking forward to it as you already know

auf

darauf

on/after that

über

darüber

about it, above it

in

darin

in it

unter

darunter

underneath, among them

hin

dahin

there

her

daher

thus

vor

davor

before that, in front of it

bei

dabei

as well, at that

nach

danach

after that

von

davon

from it

aus

daraus

out of it

zu

dazu

(along) with it, in addition to it

an

daran

with it

mit

damit

with it, so that, because of that

durch

dadurch

thereby, thus, consequently, through it

gegen

dagegen

against it

für

dafür

in exchange, in favor, for it

The most common da - compunds :

Notice that da - compounds are combinations of different prepositions with the particle “da”

Mrs. Puddles gives a tip!

Mr. Meowrr: Not it makes sense. Danke!

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➔ Da - compounds refer to things/objects/ideas that aren’t mentioned because both the speaker and the listener know exactly what they are talking about

➔ When we talk indirectly about persons we use pronouns without prepositions “I want to drive him to the shopping center” or with prepositions “with him, about him” not da - compounds

➔ Da - compounds are used for things/objects/ideas we’re speaking of, while using prepositions

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Take your chance and try to guess what these sentences mean ! Afterwards, follow the structure to get a better understanding !

Mrs. Purrplexed wants to play!

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Mr. Puddle: Exactly! In the old English some compounds were often used, such as thereby, thereon, therefore etc but nowadays people use them less and less while in German these compounds are still very common.

Mr. Puddle: Da compounds are the German equivalents of some combinations between the impersonal pronoun “it” or the demonstrative pronoun “that'' and different prepositions. You shall not forget to use da - compounds when referring to objects/ things and not persons. Germans use da - compounds on a daily basis

Mr. Meowrr: For persons we use the personal pronouns in combinations with prepositions. We also have some compounds in English but we don’t use them so much...

Mr. Meowrr: I mean, if we would have to take a conclusion about what da - compunds are.. how would it sound?

I. Theory and definitions : Da - Compunds

Da - Compounds

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✔️ Follow the sentences and see how the structures work. You may wanna play with Mrs. Purrplexed too while trying to translate some of them!

V. Let's practice! - Da compounds

IV. Purrrfection explained! - Da compounds

✔️ Da - compounds are always used when referring back to something we don’t mention explicitly

✔️ Da compounds are always used in combinations with certain prepositions which give the meaning to the compounds

✔️ Da compounds refer only to things/objects/ ideas and not persons

✔️ Separable verbs might be used with da - compounds and form dependent or independent clauses

III. Tips & Tricks : How to learn them easily? - German conjunctions

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II. Practical examples - Da compounds

✔️ In order to understand da - compounds, please look at the context of the highlighted words and try figuring out the functions of da-compounds without reading further; when you’re finished, continue the lesson:

“Her idea was good. I wasn’t against it but I had no choice. You were on her side and I was all by myself. I can’t talk about it right now. I’m really mad because of that but you won’t get it.”

Choose the right da compound:

Ich wasche das Geschirr, meine Mutter mir das Telefon zurückgibt.

Der Krieg hat begonnen, ziehen wir morgen um. .

Ich finde nichts .

Was ist ?

Was hast du ?

Ich werde nachdenken.

Beginnen Sie !

Es war Gold .

Ich habe nichts mehr .

Ich möchte ankämpfen

▶ See the translation of the text

1. I wash the dishes so my mom will give me the phone back

2. The war started that's why we move tomorrow

3. I don't find anything underneath

4. What's above that?

5. What do you have for it?

6. I'll think about it

7. Start with it!

8. It was gold in it

9. I don't have any more of it

10. I want to fight it