German Two-Way Prepositions

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Published on April 2, 2015 7:40:53 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnNmhg9BgW8

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Video of class lecture slides introducing German two-way prepositions. The video begins with a sample sentence in English demonstrating how some prepositions are ambiguous with regard to motion and location. After briefly reviewing the concept of "wo" and "wohin," the video then discusses how German relies on the accusative form of two-way prepositions to describe motion and the dative form to describe position. The video concludes with a list and definitions of German two-way prepositions.

The video covers:

01:42 Ambiguous sentences in English
03:14 Review of "wo" and "wohin"
05:07 Sample sentences in German
06:19 List of two-way prepositions