If you add something to the beginning of a verb, it s called a verb prefix.we have something similar in English too: for example we have the verb to look, but if you add the word up to this, you get to look up which could mean to look upwards, towards the sky, but it could also change the meaning of the word completely, and you could be looking up a word in a dictionary, for example. Now, as you ll have noticed with ankommen, anhas been added to the start of the verb. You ll recognise part of the verb ankommen already: kommen was one of the first verbs we looked at in Coffee Break German, and you ll remember it means to come. GRAMMAR GURU Well, today I m going to go over what Thomas has explained about the verbs ankommen and abfahren. So far we have had the question: können Sie mir bitte sagen, wann der Zug abfährt? can you please tell me when the train departs? A possible answer could be: der Zug fährt um 3 Uhr 20 ab the train departs at 3:20 Here are some further examples: der Bus kommt um 5 Uhr 13 an the bus arrives at 5:13 der Zug fährt um 17 Uhr 43 ab the train departs at 17:43 der Bus kommt um 20 Uhr 18 an the bus arrives at 20:18 der Zug kommt um 12 Uhr 28 an the train arrives at 12:28 We can also use this construction in the question, so instead of saying können Sie mir bitte sagen, wann der Zug ankommt? you can say: wann kommt der Zug an? when does the train arrive? Likewise, you can do the same with abfahren: wann fährt der Bus ab? when does the bus leave? You can also replace the wann with um wie viel Uhr, literally meaning at what time : Coffee Break German: Lesson 19 - Notes page 3 of 17 Coffee Break German: Lesson 19 - Notes page 4 of 17ģ um wie viel Uhr fährt der Zug nach Köln ab? at what time does the train to Cologne leave? Thomas provides a possible answer to this question: der Zug nach Köln fährt um 13 Uhr 42 ab the train to Cologne leaves at 13:42 It s time to hear from Kirsten, our Grammar Guru, who will explain a bit more about this process of separating the verbs ankommen and abfahren. Here are some further examples: der Bus kommt um 8 Uhr 30 an the bus arrives at 8:30 The same happens with the verb abfahren, meaning to depart. When you say the train arrives at 2 o clock, you use this construction: der Zug kommt um 2 Uhr an the train arrives at 2 o clock You will see here that the word ankommen splits up and the anpart moves position. Coffee Break German: Lesson 19 - Notes page 1 of 17 Coffee Break German: Lesson 19 - Notes page 2 of 17Ģ TALKING ABOUT WHEN THINGS HAPPEN So far we have seen the following construction used to ask the question when does the train arrive? : können Sie mir bitte sagen, wann der Zug ankommt? can you please tell me when the train arrives? The verb to arrive is ankommen. Thomas: Lass uns anfangen! Mark: Los geht s. The conversation continues: Thomas: Also, Mark, bist du bereit? Mark: Ja, ich bin bereit. As we have seen before, wir sind hier um unser Deutsch zu verbessern means we are here (in order) to improve our German. INTRODUCTION Mark and Thomas begin the lesson with the following dialogue: Coffee Break German Lesson 19 Study Notes Mark: Hallo zusammen und herzlich Willkommen bei Coffee Break German. You ll be introduced to separable verbs and learn about the very German concept of Pünktlichkeit. 1 LESSON NOTES EINE FAHRKARTE NACH MÜNCHEN, BITTE In this lesson you ll learn to talk about train departure and arrival times, and you ll also learn to deal with buying tickets for public transport.
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