Separable Verbs in German

This video is an introduction to separable verbs in German, focussing on the concept of a separable verb and its basic formation. To begin with, the concept is considered from the perspective of English verbs with integrated prefixes or accompanying prepositions. Then the verb "aussehen" is provided as an inductive example of the formation of the German separable verb in the present tense. After that, clues are given as to how to determine whether a verb is separable or not, including a long list of the most common separable and inseparable prefixes. Before examples of some of the most common separable verbs are provided in context, some rules are explained for the contexts - especially, tenses - in which separable verbs separate and stay together.

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Thank you very much for the video❤. When I started learning about separable verbs, I saw a correlation with phrasal verbs, which are in your examples. But you are the first to point it out. 🎉

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[@yigitcanbaysal824]

Servus!
Ich lerne Deutsch und möchte dich etwas fragen.
Objects ofter separable verbs, which case must it be?
For example in sentence like,
Ich rufe dich an.
Ich glaube, das ist Accusative. But I am not sure
Tschüss!

[@mugridgelanguage]

Good question! It all depends on what type of action the verb is expressing. If it is direct action (like ringing/calling someone, anrufen), then it will be accusative (as you correctly said), but if it is indirect action (like listening TO someone, zuhören), then it will be dative. So whether it's a separable verb or not doesn't affect whether it will be followed by accusative or dative, but rather what type of action it is.

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@@mugridgelanguage
Hmm also objects whether it is in accusative or dative or genitive must be between the base verb and the prefix?

[@mugridgelanguage]

@@yigitcanbaysal824 Yep, usually! The funny thing with German is that the object (because it is marked by an ending) can actually go at the start of the sentence as well, so you could say for example, "Dich rufe ich an", without any confusion as to who is ringing whom. But usually, the object will go in between, i.e. "Ich rufe dich an."

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Herzlichen Dank für die Hilfe.
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Not at the moment! I am too busy with my school teaching.