Intro + Exercise Explanation

Today I'll teach the most often used prepositions that always use the dative case.
but at first i have a little challenge for you.
for this challenge you'll need a piece of paper and a pen.
I'll tell you a short story...9-10 sentences.
In this story there are prepositions that only use the dative case.
your task is to write down as many of those prepositions as you can find.
If you dont want to do this challenge... ...no worries... just skip here.
Here I'll explain them one by one.
Now... no more English... only German...
my short story
TEST: Do you know all 10 DATIVE prepositions
This is Anna.
She's originally from Switzerland.
But since one year she lives in Munich.
She got a good position at a car manufacturing company.
Here she's on the phone with a colleague.
His name is Jonas.
She knows no one but him in Munich.
The both of them want to do sports together starting next Monday.
Fortunately there's a gym across from their office.
From the office to the gym it's only 10 m.
Therefore Anna and Jonas exercise almost everyday after work.
Alright. This was the little challenge...
Now let's see if you found all of the prepositions that only use dative.
Explanation of 10 Dative prepositions
sentence no. 1
This is Anna.
She's originally from Switzerland.
This is Anna.
She's originally from Switzerland.
Switzerland uses the article "die"
but the preposition "aus" requires dative
so: "aus" der Schweiz
sentence no. 2
But since one year she lives in Munich.
But since one year she lives in Munich.
Jahr uses the article "das" / "ein" Jahr
but the preposition "seit" always is dative.
seit einem Jahr
sentence no. 3
She got a good position at a car manufacturing company.
She got a good position at a car manufacturing company.
carmaker is masculine "der" Autohersteller
but "bei" uses always dative
Here she's on the phone with a colleague. (Jonas)
Here she's on the phone with a colleague. (Jonas)
Arbeitskollege is masculine "der" / "ein"
but "mit" is dative
mit "einem" Arbeitskollegen
She knows no one but him in Munich.
She knows no one but him in Munich.
"ihm" is Jonas ... Jonas is a guy.
So the personal pronoun is "er"
but "außer" always is dative... außer "ihm"
The both of them want to do sports together starting next Monday.
The both of them want to do sports together starting next Monday.
Monday is masculine "der"
"nächstem" ... the "-em" is the adjective declension in dative case without an
article.
here's the table
Fortunately there's a gym across from their office.
Fortunately there's a gym across from their office.
Büro is neutral "das" Büro
"ihrem" is the possessive pronoun of sie sg./pl. in dative case.
"gegenüber" is always dative
From the office to the gym it's only 10 m.
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10 meters
Therefore Anna and Jonas exercise almost everyday after work.
"von" and "zu" are always dative
Büro and Fitnessstudio are both masculine ... "das"
"von dem" merges into "vom" Büro
"zu dem" turns into "zum" Fitnessstudio.
sentence no. 9
Therefore Anna and Jonas exercise almost everyday after work.
Therefore Anna and Jonas exercise almost everyday after work.
"nach" always requires dative
Arbeit is feminine "die" - dative: nach "der" Arbeit
Well...
Here's the list with all the prepositions of today's lesson...
all of them always use dative!!!
There's a bonus tip I want to share with you.
There are certain situations (not many) in which you can use
other cases with some of the prepositions on this list.
I recommend you to keep it easy and always use dative.
With the prepositions on this list dative is always correct.
That's it for today...
Here are some more videos
you should watch as well.
Take care and see you next time ... bye bye