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Advanced Focus Season 1 #1

Ab geht's mit Präfixen!

CONTENTS
2 German
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar

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 GERMAN

1. Ich reise morgen nach Istanbul.

2. Ich reise morgen ab.

3. Ich habe die ganze Stadt nach dir abgesucht!

ENGLISH

1. I'm travelling to Istanbul tomorrow.

2. I'm leaving tomorrow.

3. I looked for you all over the city!

VOCABULARY

Ge r man English C lass Ge nde r

abreisen to travel away verb "ab" splits off

to copy, map
abbilden something verb "ab" splits off

"ab" splits off; er

abmessen to measure precisely verb misst ab, er maß ab,
er hat abgemessen

"ab" splits off; er geht

to walk and cover ab, er ging ab, er ist
abgehen verb
every spot abgegangen

to scour, search all

absuchen over verb "ab" splits off

abführen to lead away, lead off verb "ab" splits off

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 abschneiden to cut off verb "ab" splits off

can be reflexive;
abtrocknen to dry verb weak verb; “ab” splits
off

er schließt ab, er
abschließen to lock up; conclude verb schloss ab, er hat
abgeschlossen

to switch off, power “ab” splits off; weak

abschalten off verb verb

abholen to pick up verb "ab" splits off

abheben to take off, lift off verb "ab" splits off

to fly away, start

abfliegen flying verb "ab" splits off

Abdruck imprint, cast noun; masculine, der plural: Abdrücke

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Ich re i se m o rg e n a b. D i e se s Mo d e l l bi l d e t d i e rö m i sch e n
R u i n e n g e n a u a b.
I'm leaving tomorrow. / I'm travelling
tomorrow. This model is an exact representation of
the Roman ruins.

H a st d u sch o n 2 7 5 G ra m m Me h l La ss u n s d e n Pa rk n o ch e i n m a l
a bg e m e sse n ? D a s bra u ch e n w i r a bg e h e n , vi e l l e i ch t fi n d e n w i r d e i n e
n o ch fü r d e n Te i g . Oh rri n g e n o ch !

Have you already measured 275 grams of Let's walk across the park once more,
flour? We need that for the dough. maybe we'll find your earrings after all!

Ich h a be d i e g a n ze S ta d t n a ch d i r D i e Po l i ze i fü h rte d e n Ve rd ä ch ti g e n
a bg e su ch t! a b.

I scoured the whole city for you! The police lead off the suspect.

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An Ka rn e va l w e rd e n d e n Mä n n e rn Ich tro ckn e d a s G e sch i rr a b.
d i e Kra w a tte n a bg e sch n i tte n .
I'll dry the dishes.
On Karneval, the men have their ties cut
off.

Ma n ch e D i n g e w o l l e n e i n fa ch ke i n
En d e n e h m e n , e g a l w i e g e rn m a n
m i t i h n e n a bsch l i e ße n m ö ch te .
Some things just seem to never end, no
matter how desperate one wishes to
conclude them.
Au ch w e n n i ch w e i ß, d a ss e s
sch l e ch t i st, ve rg e sse i ch tro tzd e m
vo n Ze i t zu Ze i t, d i e Tü r h i n te r m i r
a bzu sch l i e ße n .
Even though I know it is bad, I still forget to
look up the door behind me from time to
time.

S ch a l t d o ch e n d l i ch m a l d i e se s Ich m ö ch te m e i n Pa ke t a bh o l e n .
l a n g w e i l i g e Pro g ra m m a b.
I would like to pick up my package.
Will you please finally turn of that boring
program?

Wa n n fl i e g t i h r a b? D e r Za h n a rzt n a h m e i n e n Abd ru ck
m e i n e r Zä h n e , u m d i e Za h n spa n g e
When does the flight take off?
a n fe rti g e n zu kö n n e n .

The dentist took an imprint of my teeth in

order to be able to create the braces.

GRAMMAR

Th e fo cu s o f th i s l e sso n i s th e pre fi x a b-
Ich re i se m o rg e n a b.
"I'm l e a vi n g to m o rro w ."

ab- is a separable prefix (one that splits off). It has two fields of meaning:

1. a movement away from here, as in "abfliegen" (to fly away), "abreisen" (to travel away),
"abschneiden" (to cut off), "abführen" (to lead away)

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2. relating to every single square centimeter of an area, as in "absuchen" (to scour),
"abgehen" (to walk and cover every spot), "abmessen" (to measure precisely), "abbilden" (to
copy / map something) and "Abdruck" (imprint or cast)

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