Learn the German prefix an- and the particular meaning that it adds to words
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| Chuck: This is Advanced Focus Lesson 2. |
| Judith: Willkommen! |
| Chuck: This is already the second of these special lessons and again we will help you understand the German prefix. |
| Judith: This will allow you to quickly expand your vocabulary and also improve the confidence with which you’ll use these words. But, didn’t we forget something? |
| Chuck: Forget what? |
| Judith: [Wir sollten Deutsch sprechen]! |
| Chuck: The stamp. If you find it difficult to follow when we speak German, go to back to www.GermanPod101.com, study more lessons and work with the review tracks. |
| Judith: The review tracks really force you to activate your German. |
| Chuck: [Also weiter auf Deutsch]! |
| Judith: [Heute gucken wir uns die Vorsilbe “an” an]. |
| Chuck: That’s funny. |
| Judith: The prefix [an] is our topic today. |
| Chuck: [Das ist eine sich abspaltende Vorsilbe, oder]? This prefix is one of those that split off. |
| Judith: Yeah. [Zum Beispiel “ankommen” bildet: Ich komme an, Du kommst an, u.s.w.] |
| Chuck: [Also was bedeutet diese Vorsilbe]? |
| Judith: [Es gibt mehrere Bedeutungsfelder, das erste ist ein “sich annähern”]. |
| Chuck: A sense of approaching or getting closer to something. |
| Judith: [Zum Beispiel “ansehen”]. |
| Chuck: “To look at”. And what is coming closer can it reattach itself. |
| Judith: [Wie in “Anbau”]. |
| Chuck: “An extension to a building”. |
| Judith: [Oder auch “annähen”]. |
| Chuck: “To attach something by sewing”. |
| Judith: [Die meisten Wörter beziehen sich jedoch auf eine Person, die diese Aktion erdulden muss]. |
| Chuck: Somebody who has to suffer this action. |
| Judith: [anbellen]. |
| Chuck: “To bark at”. |
| Judith: [anbeten] |
| Chuck: Well, [beten] is “to pray” and [anbeten] is “to pray to somebody”, to adore him. |
| Judith: [anklagen] |
| Chuck: [klagen] is “to complain”, and [anklagen] is “to complain about a particular person” that is to accuse him. |
| Judith: [anerkennen] is “to know”, [erkennen] is “to recognize” and [anerkennen] is “to recognize something publicly to somebody” that is to acknowledge. |
| Chuck: Doesn’t all start to make sense now? [Ich mag auch das Wort angreifen, greifen] is “to grab” and [angreifen] is “to grab something that isn’t yours” that is to attack. |
| Judith: [Das stimmt]! |
| Chuck: So, I hope that you’ll attack German vocabulary with a fever now and learn many new useful words with [an]. |
| Judith: [Die Vorsilbe kommt wirklich oft vor und sie wird euch helfen]! |
| Chuck: [Ihr könnt jetzt auf] GermanPod101.com [gehen und dort Vokabeln üben]! |
| Judith: [Sehr gute Idee, Chuck]! The word bank is [toll]! |
| Chuck: So, see you there! |
| Judith: [Bis nächstes Mal]! |
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HideHi malek elhefnawy,
Thank you for your kind message.😄
We hope you will enjoy the rest of the series!
Have a great day!
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Lena
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the conservation was cool😄
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Klar
Hello Tim,
Thank you for your feedback.
Good question. 😄
"Sollen" wouldn't be wrong if they were told to use German. 👍
They say "sollten" because it is kind of hypothetical up to this point since
they are still talking English although they "should" be speaking in German.
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Reinhard
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Warum sollten und nicht sollen Deutsch sprechen?
Hallo robert groulx,
You are very welcome. 😇
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Good luck with your language studies.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Levente
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thanks for the lesson
my favorite is [Die meisten Wörter beziehen sich jedoch auf eine Person, die diese Aktion erdulden muss
robert
Hi Anorkor,
Thank you for your feedback.😉
Yes, you are right. We structured this lesson a little different.
We get a fair amount of requests asking for more German in the
lessons, so the conversation is held in German instead.
We are sorry for the inconvenience for those of our students,
who prefer the regular format.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
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Reinhard
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Shade. There were no sentences examples in this episode
Hi Miriam,
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😅
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Reinhard
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😳Meine Gesicht bis 2010 wann ein Deutscher/in hat nur gefragt: >
Hi Haley,
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I hope not us!?😄
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Reinhard
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Anklagen wird für mich ein sehr nützliches Wort sein, danke. 😜
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thanks for you effort. Really, I like what you are doing. By this site, I can learn easily new words, and grammar everyday.
Just a question about this post. I wounder why the "learning center" shows "Lesson not found." for this lesson!
Could you fix this please?
I am waiting more and more interesting lessons :eek:
Thanks,
Wesam
Do you have a better understanding of the prefix an- now? Are there any words with an- that you still don't understand?