“Prefix to Go“
Hallo Leute,
day three of our epic Advent Calendar, today it’s time for you to get active. Because we’ll do a little exercise. Hmmm… or is it a test? I don’t know.
Anyway, we’ll be dealing with a very specific, clear cut, rather small aspect of the German language called: irony...uh… I mean
Prefix Verbs
Yeay!!
Specifically, we will check how well you know the different prefix versions of one particular verb.
Here’s what we’ll do:
I’ll give you ten little sentences in English that you have to translate to German.
And the main point is that you’ll always need a prefix version of the verb gehen.
So ausgehen, aufgehen, rausgehen, eingehen and so on.
If a sentence is too difficult to translate, don’t worry. What really matters is that you find the proper prefix verb :)
The solutions are as always in the audio, or you can just mark the yellow text to see them.
I know… it’s not the most comfortable way to do it, but my more advanced exercise template is kind of a pain in the butt to set up :).
Anyway… viel Spaß.
Oh, I’ll put a list of the prefix versions under the workout, but please try by yourself first.
- The fridge won’t open.
Der Kühlschrank geht nicht auf.
- The sun went up.
Die Sonne ist aufgegangen.
- I assume, you want a beer as well.
Ich gehe davon aus, dass du auch ein Bier willst.
- That doesn’t concern you (is none of your business).
Das geht dich nichts an.
- I won’t want to go out in this weather.
Ich will bei diesem Wetter nicht rausgehen.
*** - The sun sets in the west.
Die Sonne geht im Westen unter.
- My phone won’t come on.
Mein Telefon geht nicht an.
- Do these pants shrink due to Christmas?
Geht diese Hose von Weihnachten ein?
- Hey yo, what’s going on? (slang, greeting)
Hey, was geht ab?
- Let’s go inside.
Lass uns reingehen.
Verbs used (some are used twice with different meanings):
reingehen, abgehen, eingehen, angehen, untergehen,
rausgehen, ausgehen von, aufgehen
And, how was it?
Let me know in the comments how many you got right and if you liked this exercise :).
And of course, if you have any questions, let me know as well.
Have a great day and bis morgen.