What’s on the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster
A 6-row table: Preposition · da- form · wo- form.
An -r is inserted before a vowel: darauf, worauf.
- mit — damit — womit
- für — dafür — wofür
- auf — darauf — worauf
- in — darin — worin
- über — darüber — worüber
- von — davon — wovon
These only replace things, never people. Ich denke an ihn for a person; ich denke daran for a thing.
Questions about the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster
- What’s on the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster?
- A 6-row table: Preposition · da- form · wo- form. An -r is inserted before a vowel: darauf, worauf. mit — damit — womit; für — dafür — wofür; auf — darauf — worauf; in — darin — worin; über — darüber — worüber; von — davon — wovon. These only replace things, never people. Ich denke an ihn for a person; ich denke daran for a thing.
- Who is the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster for?
- Da- & Wo- Compounds belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster?
- For things, use damit and womit. For people, keep the preposition: mit ihm, mit wem. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Da- & Wo- Compounds belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Da- & Wo- Compounds?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside Da- & Wo- Compounds in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Da- & Wo- Compounds downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Da- & Wo- Compounds poster print at?
- Da- & Wo- Compounds is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Da- & Wo- Compounds loses nothing.Printing guide
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