Prepositions nach mit in seit bei hinter von aus zu auf für vor

Prepositions are little but powerful words like to, with, from, at, in, near, on etc. that have a big impact on whatever follows them. They tell you about direction, position, location, and so forth. Here we are going to look at the preposition ‘mit’ (with)

Have a look at the following 2 sentences Meine Mutter fährt nach Rom. Ich fahre mit meiner Mutter nach Rom.

Have you noticed……..? In sentence 1 my mother is ‘Meine Mutter’ because she is (the doer!) of the sentence, i.e. the one doing the travelling! The Subject (Nominativ)

Meine Mutter (Subject – Nominative) BECOMES ‘ ’ (afer mit–DATIVE) In sentence 2 my mother follows the preposition ‘mit’  this triggers off the following change to the article that comes after ‘mit’ Meine Mutter (Subject – Nominative) BECOMES ‘ ’ (afer mit–DATIVE) mit meiner Mutter

There is also a change with masculine nouns. Look…. Mein Vater fährt nach Rom. Ich fahre mit meinem Vater nach Rom.

Mein Vater (Subject – Nominative) In sentence 2 my father follows the preposition ‘mit’  this triggers off the following change to the article that comes after ‘mit’ Mein Vater (Subject – Nominative) BECOMES ’ (after mit–DATIVE) mit meinem Vater

Now let’s have a look at neuter nouns. Mein Pferd fährt nach Paris. Ich fahre mit meinem Pferd nach Paris.

(after mit–DATIVE) mit meinem Pferd Mein Pferd (Subject – Nominative) In sentence 2 my horse follows the preposition ‘mit’  this triggers off the following change to the article that comes after ‘mit’ Mein Pferd (Subject – Nominative) BECOMES (after mit–DATIVE) mit meinem Pferd

And don’t forget the Plural nouns. Here they come….. Meine Eltern fahren nach Paris. Ich fahre mit meinen Eltern nach Paris.

mit meinen Eltern Meine Eltern (Subject – Nominative) BECOMES In sentence 2 my parents follow the preposition ‘mit’  this triggers off the following change to the article that comes after ‘mit’ Meine Eltern (Subject – Nominative) BECOMES (after mit–DATIVE) mit meinen Eltern

Masc. Fem. Neuter Plural Mein Vater Meine Mutter Mein Pferd Meine Eltern meinem Vater meiner Mutter meinem Pferd meinen Eltern The Subject (Nominative) after ‘mit’ (Dative)

Have you noticed……..? ....these funny words ‘Nominative’ and ‘Dative’ that keep cropping up?

The different forms of ‘my’ or ‘a’ have got special names ‘my/a’ before the SUBJECT  ‘NOMINATIVE’ (m)ein (m) (m)eine (f) (m)ein (n) (m)eine (pl) ‘my/a’ after preposition ‘in’  ‘DATIVE’ (m)einem (m) (m)einer (f) (m)einem (n) (m)einen (pl)