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Lektion 5: wo-, hier-, da-

Prposition Frage, Konjunktion Antwort

vonwovon

of what, from what?hiervon

hereof, from thisdavon

thereof, from that

mitwomit

with what, by means of what?hiermit

herewith, hereby,

saying this (with these words)

damit

with it, thereby,

(by doing so)

beiwobei

close to what?, at what?,

what ... doing?

hierbei(at this),

in doing so (with it)

dabeinear by,

in doing so (with it), withal

frwofr

for what (purpose)?hierfrfor this,

for this purpose, in exchange

dafrfor that reason,

in return, in exchange

gegenwogegen

against what?

(hiergegen)

against this

dagegen

against that

nachwonach

whereto, after what, what...of?,

according to what/which

hiernachafter this, of this,

according to this

danachafterwards, of that,

accordingly

vor wovorbefore what, what ... of? hiervorbefore this, of this hiernachbefore that, of that

hinterwohinter

behind what?(hierhinter)behind here

dahinterbehind (it)

zu

wozuwhereto,

to what end? what ...for?purpose

to what point? argument

hierzuto this end,

concerning this, as to this

dazuin order to do that,

concerning that, as to that,

in addition to that,

anworan

~ in/at/about/close to whathieran daran

aufworauf

whereon, whereupon;

at which ...

hierauf darauf

ausworaus

out of what,

what ... made of? material

hieraus daraus

inworin

whereinhierin darin

unterworunter

under what,

what...from?

hierunter darunter

berworber

above what, over what,

about what? topic

hierber darber

wegen,aufgrund

weswegen, weshalb

for what reason, why

deswegen, deshalb*

therefore

1. Question: Wovon redest du? What do you talk of?

2. Relative clause: Ich wei, wovondu redest I know what you are talking about

3. Statement: Davon rede ich. Im talking about that.

Hiervon rede ich morgen. As for this, Ill talk about it tomorrow.

4. preposition + clause: Ich rede davon, was wir jetzt essen sollenIm talking about what we might eat now

Ich frage (deshalb), weil ich gehen muss Im asking because I have to go (away)Ich sehne mich danach, zu verreisen I ache to go on a journey

(I long for [that] to make-a-journey)

*meinetwegenbecause of me, in my behalf, for all I care, for my part;

likewise: deinetwegen, seinetwegen, ihretwegen, unseretwegen, euretwegen, ihretwegen; derentwegenbecause of which

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Examples for special usage:

Hiermit bewerbe ich mich um ... I am writing to apply for ...

Hiermit erklren wir, dass ... We hereby declare that ...

Wobei hast du ihn gestrt? What was he doing when you disturbed him?Kann ich dir dabei helfen? Can I help you with it?

Was gibst du mich hierfr? What will you give me in exchange?Wonach riecht das? What does it smell of?Wonach beurteilst du das? According to what do you assess it?

Wovor hast du Angst? What are you afraid of?Was steckt dahinter? Whats behind all that?Wozu mchtest du etwas sagen? To what point do you want to say something?Was sagst du dazu? What do you say as to that?

Kommt noch etwas dazu? Do you want something else? (asks the salesperson)Dazu musst krftig drcken. In order to manage that, you must push forcefully.

(e.g. in order to open this door)

Er sagte Hallo!, worauf sie lachte. He said hello!, at which she laughed.Woraus ist diese Tasse? What is the cup made of?Worunter leidet er? What is he suffering from?

Worber mchtest du reden? What do you want to talk about?

Other prepositions cannot be handled like this:

Prposition Frage Antwort

mittels by means of womit?, (mittels was?) damitkraft by virtue of kraft welcher Sache? kraft dieser/jener Sachezwecks purpose zu welchem Zweck? zu diesem/jenem Zweckgegenber(opposite) wo gegenber? hier/da gegenber

innerhalb(within) innerhalb von was? innerhalb dieser Sachewhrend(while) wann?, whrend welcher Ereignisse? whrenddessen, gleichzeitig

nach; zu (direction) wohin? hierhin, dahin

wo-, hier-, da-, dort-can also be connected to hin-and her-words:

wohin? whereto? ----------dahin / dorthin thither, to that place

woher? where from? hierher hither, this way

daher/ dortherfrom there, therefrom

wohinein? into what? hierhinein in here, dahinein/dorthineinin therewoheraus? out of what? hierheraus, daheraus/dortheraus

etc.

Wohin gehst du? Where do you go?Woher kommst du? where do you come from?Wohinein gehst? where do you go in?