German Prepositions: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, in, an, auf, über, unter, vor, hinter, nebe

German Prepositions: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, in, an, auf, über, unter, vor, hinter, neben, zwischen, für, ohne, durch, gegen, gegeneinander, gegenüber, zu

English Prepositions

 

Englische Präpositionen: Abgrenzung von Konjunktionen, Adverben, Phrasal Verbs, Prepositional Verbs

Englische Präpositionen: lokal, temporal, kausal, Dimension, of

Englische Präpositionen: under, underneath, beneath, up-down, above, below, over

Englische Präpositionen: Zusammenfassung

 

1. What is a preposition?


- Prepositions belong to the closed word classes
- You can find complemented prepositions in the following places, before:
*nouns:                  I gave the book to Charlie.  
*pronouns:             I gave it to him.
*ing-clauses:          Charlie devotes his time toreading.
*wh-clauses:          I told her about what he had done.
Prepositions are not followed by `to-infinitives´.

There is a difference between the preposition `to´ and the particle `to´ + infinitive: 
We look forward to seeing you/ to your visit (preposition)
We hope to see you soon. (to-particle + infinitive)

 

2. Different kinds of prepositions: 

- simple prepositions: they consist of one word: in, on, at, by, to, ...
- complex prepositions: a) two-word sequences: + Because of the raining weather...
+ I sat next to an old person...
b) three-word sequences: as a result of, in line with, in front of,
on top of
- marginal prepositions: they behave like normal prepositions, but derive from words belonging to other word classes; they use the -ing- and -ed-ending to change the word class: expecting, concerning, regarding, following, mentioned oder including

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