{"id":436,"date":"2015-06-03T03:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2020-12-13T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T11:37:31","slug":"separable-verbs-trennbare-verben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/de\/separable-verbs-trennbare-verben\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/99 &#8211; Separable verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>4 &#8211; Why are verbs split? &#8211; Motaz Mohammed from Palestine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Topic-Bar-Split.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-705\" src=\"https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Topic-Bar-Split-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Topic-Bar-Split-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Topic-Bar-Split.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right, very cruel! In German, there are lots of verbs which can be split, called \u201cseparable verbs\u201d and \u201ctrennbare Verben\u201d in German. These verbs consist of two parts: a verb and a prefix. Most prefixes are prepositions, but they are occasionally adverbs, nouns, or adjectives. The prefix adds a sense to the verb or often changes the meaning of it completely. This is why to many learners of German, they mean a stumbling block and cause confusion or panic.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p>Ich fahre.=I travel\/drive. \u2013 Ich <span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fahre um 8 ab<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.=I depart at 8.<br \/>\nIch <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stehe<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> im Zimmer.=I\u2019m standing in the room. \u2013 Ich <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stehe auf<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.=I get up (out of bed).<br \/>\nIch <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mache<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> Sport.=I do sports. &#8211; Ich <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mache mit<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">!=I participate!<br \/>\n<\/span>Ich <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">h\u00f6re<\/span> Musik.=I listen to music. \u2013 Ich <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">h\u00f6re<\/span> jetzt <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">auf<\/span>. = I stop\/finish now.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">But \u201cwhy do Germans split verbs?\u201d, Motaz Mohammed asked. The \u201cwhy\u201d is to be searched in language history. It is a heritage of our ancestors. They developed this grammatical phenomenon as splitting the verbs made sense to them and we still use them today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not only German language uses separable verbs. Also Dutch uses them.<br \/>\nAnd think of phrasal verbs in English, it is a similar occurence. In English, you add a particle to a verb and change the meaning completely. \u201cI <span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">get<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> a piece of cake\u201d and \u201cI <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">get out<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> of the bus\u201d and \u201cI <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">get up<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> at 5.30\u201d. In the latter sentences, the meaning of \u201cget\u201d becomes an absolutely different one compared to the first sentence.<br \/>\nWe cannot understand the meaning of the sentences unless we know the meaning of the combination verb<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> particle. I remember a talk to a collegue from the US some years ago. She was using so many phrasal verbs that I hadn\u2019t studied \u2013 I couldn\u2019t understand her too well.<br \/>\nSame for German. The way to understand \u201ctrennbare Verben\u201d is to study and recognize them, bit by bit by bit. I created a list of prefixes for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the most common prefixes of separable verbs are:<br \/>\n<b><span lang=\"en-US\">ab-, an-, auf-, aus-, bei-, da-, ein-, her-, hin-, mit-, nach-, vor-, zu-, weg-<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>abfahren: Der Zug f\u00e4hrt um 8:57 Uhr ab. &#8211; The train departs at 8:57.<br \/>\nannehmen: Ich nehme an, dass Lina zum Kurs kommt. &#8211; I suppose that Lina is coming to the course.<br \/>\naufnehmen: Der Polizist nimmt das Gespr\u00e4ch auf. &#8211; The policemen is recording the conversation.<br \/>\naussuchen: Such dir etwas Sch\u00f6nes zum Geburtstag aus. &#8211; Choose something nice for your Birthday.<br \/>\neinladen: Ich lade ihn auch zum Geburtstag ein. &#8211; I invite him to the party, too.<br \/>\nherstellen: Unsere Firma stellt verschiedene Roboter her. &#8211; Our company produces different kinds of robots.<br \/>\nhingehen: Heute ist die Konferenz &#8211; gehst du auch hin? &#8211; Today is the conference &#8211; do you go there, too?<br \/>\nmitkommen: Wir fahren am Wochenende nach Holland, kommst du mit? &#8211; We go to Holland this weekend, do you join?<br \/>\nnachdenken: Ich denke \u00fcber das Problem nach. &#8211; I&#8217;m thinking about the problem.<br \/>\nvorstellen, sich: Ich stelle mir Bungee Jumping aufregend vor. &#8211; I imagine that Bungee Jumping must be exciting.<br \/>\nzugeben: Der Dieb gibt zu, dass er das Portemonnaie geklaut hat. &#8211; The thief is confessing that he has stolen the wallet.<br \/>\nwegfahren: Am Samstag fahre ich weg, aber am Montag komme ich schon zur\u00fcck. &#8211; I&#8217;ll go on Saturday but I&#8217;m already coming back on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck with the separable verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Test yourself and practice with this quiz: <a href=\"https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/de\/trennbare-verben-quiz-1\/\">https:\/\/sprich-mit.com\/trennbare-verben-quiz-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Foto: http:\/\/goo.gl\/QqrLrx by Evan-Amos<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 &#8211; Why are verbs split? &#8211; Motaz Mohammed from Palestine Right, very cruel! In German, there are lots of verbs which can be split, called \u201cseparable verbs\u201d and \u201ctrennbare Verben\u201d in German. These verbs consist of two parts: a verb and a prefix. 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