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Lektion 10 · A1 · LingoBoss German

German A1: Rooms, Furniture & Local Prepositions | Where? + Dative

Learn German A1 rooms, furniture, and local prepositions with the dative through a visual mystery with Lena and Leo. Where is the key? Solve the story, speak aloud, and test yourself in the final quiz.

Chapters · 12
00:00HALLO & WILLKOMMEN
01:21WO IST DER SCHLÜSSEL?
02:09DIE RÄUME
03:01MÖBEL & DINGE
03:53DIE WO-LINIE
04:55WO? + DATIV
05:44AUF ODER ÜBER?
06:33ZIMMER-CHECK
07:16DER VERLORENE SCHLÜSSEL
08:05DAS GEHEIMNIS HINTER DER TÜR
08:54WO IST WAS?
09:33DU BIST DRAN
Transcript

Hello and a warm welcome to LingoBoss German. It is great to have you with us again today. Hello! How are you? Are you ready for a little German? Leo, a little? You have prepared a whole mystery again. That is true. But do not worry: we will solve it together, step by step. Compared with many languages, German is not always easy. That is exactly why we are here. A quick reminder: lesson nine was about family and possessive articles. I say: this is my mother and this is my brother. With die we use meine, with der we use mein. You say: this is your mother and your brother. For du, mein simply becomes dein. For Leo we say sein Bruder. For me, Lena, we say ihr Bruder. Very good. Lesson nine is fresh again. Today we visit this family at home. Imagine: you are standing outside Lena's house, but the front door is locked. I cannot find my key. Is it in the living room, kitchen, or bedroom? Today we will walk through the whole house together and solve the mystery. Along the way you will learn rooms, furniture, and the most important local prepositions. You will always answer the same question: where is the person or object? With the question where, we use the dative here: in the kitchen, on the table. Listen carefully, speak aloud, and stay until the key quiz at the end. We open the house. The first room is the living room. In the living room there is a sofa, an armchair, and often a television. This is the kitchen. In the kitchen we cook, eat, and drink. In the bedroom there are the bed, wardrobe, and bedside lamp. In the bathroom you find the shower, bathtub, and sink. The hallway connects the rooms. Shoes and a coat rack are often there. On the balcony there are plants, a small table, and two chairs. Say it with me: living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hallway, balcony. Now we need the objects for our location phrases: the table. The chair normally stands at the table. One chair, many chairs. The sofa is in the living room. The cat likes sleeping underneath it. The bed is in the bedroom. The lamp stands next to the bed. The wardrobe is large. The clothes hang in the wardrobe. The lamp gives light. It hangs above the table or stands next to the bed. The door leads into a room. Our key is somewhere near this door. Books stand on the shelf. Now repeat all eight words aloud. Welcome to the preposition metro. Each station shows a different position. In means inside something. Lena is in the kitchen. Auf means on top and touching. The book lies on the table. Unter is the lower position. The cat is under the sofa. Above means higher, usually without contact. The lamp hangs above the table. Next to means directly at the side. The chair stands next to the table. In front of and behind are opposites. The shoes are in front of the door. The key hangs behind the door. Between needs two boundaries. The chair stands between the table and sofa. Final stop reached. Now comes the system behind the sentences. First ask: where is something? When the position stays still, we answer with a preposition and the dative. Der becomes dem in the dative: der Tisch, on the table. Das also becomes dem: the sofa, under the sofa. Die becomes der in the dative: the kitchen, in the kitchen. In the plural we use den, and the noun often gets an n: between the chairs. Remember: dem for der and das, der for die, den for the plural. Say it with me: on the table, in the kitchen, between the chairs. On and above look similar, but contact makes the difference. The phone lies on the table. The phone touches the table. The lamp hangs above the table. There is air between lamp and table. In front of and behind change with your viewing direction. The shoes are in front of the door. You see them immediately. The key hangs behind the door. You only see it when the door opens. Next to needs one side. Between needs at least two sides. The chair is next to the table, but between the table and sofa. Now we search every room. Answer first: where is the book? The book lies on the table in the living room. Where is the cup? Look carefully in the kitchen. The cup stands next to the plate. Where is the cat? She is very quiet. The cat is sleeping under the bed. But the key is not there. Our story begins in the morning. Lena has breakfast in the kitchen. My phone is on the table, and my bag is next to the chair. Suddenly the phone rings. Lena runs into the living room. After the call I put the phone between two books. The cat jumps onto the sofa. Lena searches under the sofa for the key. There is only a red ball. The ball lies in front of the toy box. In the hallway I discover wet shoes in front of the door. But why is something moving behind the door? The trail is getting hot. I hear a soft jingling behind the door. Lena opens the door slowly. The cat sits between the door and the wall. Something small hangs from her collar under a yellow tag. It is the key! It hangs from the cat's collar. Now I understand everything. The key was on the dresser at first. The cat jumped onto the dresser, and the key fell in front of her paws. While playing it got caught on the collar. That is why it was everywhere in the house. Mystery solved: the key is not in a room, but on the cat. Leo, where is my bag? It is next to the chair in the kitchen. And where is my phone? It lies between the books on the shelf. Good. And where is the key at last? It hangs from the cat's collar. She is sitting behind the door. Of course! Our cat was the keeper of the key the entire time. Play the dialogue again and alternately speak Lena and Leo. Now you build the sentences. You see only two words: book and table. The book lies on the table. Cat and sofa. Where is the cat? The cat is under the sofa. Lamp and bed. Make a sentence. The lamp is next to the bed. Shoes and door. Your three seconds start now. The shoes are in front of the door. Final round: chair and tables. The chair is between the tables. Quiz one: the cat is … sofa. Which form fits? Under the sofa. Das Sofa becomes dem Sofa in the dative. Quiz two: Lena is … kitchen. In the kitchen. Die Küche becomes der Küche. Quiz three: the lamp hangs … table. Above the table. Without contact we use above. Quiz four: the shoes stand … door. In front of the door. Die becomes der in the dative. Final: the chair stands … tables. Between the tables. In the plural we use den and Tischen gets an n. You can now name the most important rooms and furniture in the house. You know in, on, under, above, next to, in front of, behind, and between. With the question where you use the dative: dem, der, or den. You can ask: where is the key? And you can answer precisely. Write one sentence in the comments: where is your phone right now? For example: my phone is on the table or in my bag. Save the lesson and repeat the Where Line tomorrow. See you soon in lesson eleven at LingoBoss German!