In this module, you will review some German adjective-preposition collocations (APCs) which, like the verb-preposition collocations (VPCs) in the previous modules, require the use of either accusative or dative case.

Da – Compounds In Verb-Preposition Collocation modules 1-4, you learned about da-compounds (pronominal adverbs) that are very frequent in German. They are formed with da – dar plus a preposition to refer back to something previously mentioned or to refer forward to something mentioned in the next clause. These da– compounds can only refer to a thing or a situation, but not a person or an animal. Er sitzt auf einem Sessel [a thing]. Er sitzt darauf. Ich schreibe darüber, wie ich die Ferien verbracht habe [a situation]. As you learned in previous modules, specific verbs require specific prepositions and corresponding da-compounds. Let’s learn some more of those verb-da-compound collocations.…

In the previous module VPC 3, you practiced using prepositions with personal pronouns (von ihm, bei euch) or da-compounds (davon, dabei…). In this module, we look more closely at how da-compounds are used as reference words.

In the previous modules VPC 1 and VPC 2, you practiced using VPCs with nouns. In this module, we focus on how VPCs are used with personal pronouns and the so-called da-compounds (pronominal adverbs). Note that da-compounds (davon, dabei…) are extremely frequent in German, unlike their English counterparts (‘thereof’, ‘thereby’…).

In the previous module VPC 1, you reviewed some German verb-preposition collocations (VPCs).  It is important to know, however, that one and the same verb may be followed by different prepositions or by other words that look like prepositions.  Let’s review a few such cases.