Warten auf, Denken an, Träumen von 💭❤️
Do you wait for the bus or on the bus? In German, you must use the correct preposition!
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[0:00] Hello and welcome. You sent us a truly fascinating document for analysis. A guide for German learners at B1 level. It's called German Guide, Love, Waiting and Verbs with Prepositions, Episode 37. And the
[0:16] title already promises quite a lot. Our mission today is to explore with you why these notorious verbs with fixed prepositions cause so many people headaches. We want to find out if this guide has really cracked the code to make the
[0:33] whole thing not only learnable, but even logical. Okay, let's take it apart. Exactly. We're not just looking at what the guide explains, but above all, how it does it. It's about the teaching method behind it, because the claim is that you don't have to
[0:48] memorize these verbs by rote, but that there's a system, a kind of inner logic. And whether that's true, that's what we want to illuminate today.
[0:57] Cold Water immediately highlights the fundamental difference between English and German. In English, you say 'I call someone,' very directly. In German, the guide argues, a bridging word is often needed. Yes,
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| der Leitfaden | Nomen (m.) | guide | Der Leitfaden erklärt die Grammatik. |
| das Niveau | Nomen (n.) | level | Das ist ein Buch für das B1 Niveau. |
| die Präposition | Nomen (f.) | preposition | Auf und an sind Präpositionen. |
| das Verb | Nomen (n.) | verb | Warten ist ein Verb. |
| der Akkusativ | Nomen (m.) | accusative case | Nach 'auf' kommt oft der Akkusativ. |
| der Dativ | Nomen (m.) | dative case | Nach 'mit' kommt der Dativ. |
| auswendig lernen | Verb | to memorize | Ich muss diese Regel nicht auswendig lernen. |
| sich freuen auf | Verb (reflexiv) | to look forward to | Ich freue mich auf den Urlaub. |
| denken an | Verb | to think of/about | Ich denke an dich. |
| träumen von | Verb | to dream of/about | Sie träumt von einer Reise. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Ich warte ___ den Bus.
Er denkt ___ seine Familie.
Sie träumt ___ ihren Urlaub.
Wir sprechen ___ unseren Freunden.
Ich freue mich ___ das Wochenende.
Er hat ___ dich verliebt.
Das ist ein Leitfaden ___ Deutsch Lernende.
Sie hat ___ den Brief geschrieben.
Wir sprechen ___ das Wetter.
Er wartet ___ seine Freundin.
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