Time Expressions with Dative

Von: Payton Knuckles

MenÜ

•Breaking it down

•Introduction

•Examples using time expressions with Dative

•Quiz

Lesson 1-The break down

• Prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words.

• Example: My wife is in the kitchen making a sandwich.• “in” is the preposition connecting his wife to the

kitchen.

• In German it’s the exact same. Try not to over work yourself.

• Beispiel: Meine Frau ist in der Küche und macht mir ein Butterbrot.

Time expressions

• This is to refresh your memory:

• Sonntag is Sunday

• Montag is Monday

• Sonntagmorgen is Sunday morning

• Montagnachmittag is Monday afternoon.

Dative

• Dative in German is for indirect objects.

• Here is a table showing you article changes: Before / After

• Masculine der / dem

• Feminine die / der

• Neuter das / dem

• Plural die / den

introduction

•You can create time expressions that answer the question wann (when) with the prepositions an (on), in (in), and vor (ago).

•These time expressions require the dative case.

Days of the week with dative

• Use an in combination with days of the week and times of the day.

• Am Sonntag (on Sunday)

• Am Montag (on Monday)

• You can also combine day and time of day:

• Am Sonntagmorgen (on Sunday morning)

• Am Montagnachmittag (on Monday afternoon)

• Note: There is no Morgenmorgen instead you would say Morgenfrüh.

Days of the week with dative

• In addition, you can indicate dates:

• Example #1: am 14. April• (on the fourteenth of April)

• Example #2: am 31. Dezember• (on the thirty-first of December).

Seasons with dative

• Use in with seasons and months.• Example #1: im Herbst• Example #2: im Mai

• Since you are in the dative case when you refer to a month you must conjugate it by replacing the -n with a -m

• You also use in when using time expressions or days• Example #1: in fünf Tagen• Example #2: in zwei Wochen • Example #3: in drei Monaten

Time expressions and dative

• When you use vor, you need a number plus Tag(e), Woche(n), Monat(e) or Jahr(e):

• Example #1: vor zwei Tagen• two days ago

• Vor sieben Jahren • seven years ago

• Remember: These prepositions work with the dative case. You need an –n on plurals.

Dative with seasons

•Seasons •Im Herbst gehe in das Museum.•In Fall I go to the Museum.

•Im Mai spiele ich Fussball.•In May I play football.

Dative with time

•Time•In fünf Tagen spiele ich Basketball

•Notice the –n I added to the end of Tagen because it is plural

•In five days I play basketball•In zwei Wochen ich sehe

Ramstein.•In two weeks I will see Ramstein.

Using Am

• Using am:

• Am Montag ich gehe in das Museum.•On Monday I will go to the Museum

•Ich gehe die Kino am Montagnachmittag.• I will go to the movie theater

Monday evening.

Using Vor

•Using Vor:

• Meinen Bruder spielen Fussball vor sieben Jahren. •My brother plays football for seven

years.

• Vor elf Monaten sie hat ein Bunny. •For eleven months she had a

bunny.

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. Für fünf Monaten

2. In fünf Monaten

3. Für fünf Monaten

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. Im Sommer

2. In Sommer

3. In Sonner

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. Am Dienstag

2. An Dienstag

3. In Diemstag

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. Von sechs Woche

2. Vor sechs Wochen

3. Von sech Wochen

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. An 9. Dezember

2. Am 9. Dezember

3. An 9 December

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. In Mittwoch

2. Am Mittwoch

3. An Mittwoch

Quiz Zeit

Richtig order Falsch?

1. Anwsering the question wann is accusative.

Richtig Falsch

Quiz zeit

Choose the correct answer for the following questions:

1. ___________ muss sie sich noch auf ihre Prüfung vorbeiten.

A. Am Sonntagabend

B. Vor Montag

C. am sonntagbend

Quiz zeit

1. Vor is not a preposition.

Richtig Falsch

Quiz zeit

2. ________ sieben Jahren lebe ich im Polen.

A. Von

B. Vor

C. In

Quiz zeit

Choose the best answer:

1. Im Dezember ist mein Gebuststag.

A. The above anwser is correct

B. In Dezember

C. Im December

D. Ins Dezember

Quiz zeit

1. The use of an is for days of the week and times of the day.

Richtig Falsch

RICHTIG

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FALSCH

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