Präpositionen - Part 2
ANSWER KEY (Part 2) - This 20-item quiz was based on Prepositional Pitfalls lesson. You should have reviewed that lesson and our other preposition pages before you took this quiz.
Part 2 - Verbs with prepositions (16-20)
16. Jörg freut sich auf den Urlaub. In zwei Wochen reist er nach Hawaii.
The trick here is the context and to know what you are saying. Both 'auf' and 'über' can be used with 'freuen' - but Jörg hasn't gone to Hawaii yet. He's looking forward to it: sich freuen auf. If he were already there, he'd be glad about it: sich freuen über.
17. Hier riecht es nach Benzin. Ist etwas mit dem Auto passiert?
The expression "to smell of/like" in German is riechen nach.
18. Seine Mutter leidet an Arthritis. Er muss ihr viel helfen.
To 'suffer from' is leiden an (with DATIVE). 'To suffer from' can sometimes be leiden unter, but that wasn't one of the choices.
19. Sie reden immer über das Wetter, obwohl es nichts hilft.
To 'talk about' is reden über (Akk). Nach is always dative, so it can't go with "das" which would change to "dem" in the dative.
20. Elke arbeitet an ihrem neuen Buch. Es ist ein Roman.
To 'work on' something is arbeiten an (DAT). Sometimes in dialect 'auf' is used, but standard German is 'an.'
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Bonus Items - Tips
Here are some more verb + prep. expressions. Notice that the English preposition is rarely the same as the German.
• achten auf (A) to be careful (about, of), watch out for
• verzichten auf (A) to do without, give up (a thing)
• bestehen aus (D) to consist of
• bitten um (A) to ask for, request (something)
• sich erinnern an (A) to remember (someone/something)
• sich gewöhnen an (A) to get used to
• glauben an (A) to believe in
• sterben an (D) to die of
• teilnehmen an (D) to take part in/participate
• sich verlieben in (A) to fall in love with
• sich sehnen nach (D) to long for
• sich handeln um (A) to be a matter of/to concern (something)
• halten für (A) to consider (as), take for
• halten von (D) to have an opinion of/about
One final word on prepositions: They are like gender in German. You just have to take the time to get familiar enough with them. In English we are 'afraid of' something, while in German we 'have fear before' something (Angst haben vor). If you were learning another language, it would be different again.
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