How do prepositions with the Accusative and Dative work?

L.O. Understand how prepositions are used in German. It's really important that you remember which prepositions take which case in order to gain marks for accuracy in your GCSE Writing paper as well as the Speaking exam, and also so you can use German correctly!Recap We will have already seen that some prepositions (that means small words that describe WHERE a noun is, such as at, with or to in English) are followed by a noun in the accusative, and others by a noun in the dative. There is no other way to get these right except to learn them - Quizlet works best. e.g. Jeden Tag fahre ich mit DEM (dative masculine) Bus um DIE (accusative feminine) Stadt Everyday I travel around the town by bus. Other prepositions are followed by the genitive. At GCSE you only need to recognise these - though using them is for that reason all the more imprssive!e.g. Während meiner (genitive plural) Sommerferien bin ich nach Amerika geflogen. Lesson A group of prepositions take EITHER the accusative OR the dative depending on how they're being used. Make sure you memorise the list of these and what they mean; there are 9 in total. an (on a vertical surface e.g. a wall), auf (on a horizontal surface e.g. a table, to, at), hinter (behind), in (in OR into), neben (next to), über (over, above), unter (below, under), vor (in front of, before), zwischen (between). These are used with the ACCUSATIVE if they mean MOVEMENT to or into or away from a location and the DATIVE if they mean that you are staying at the same location.e.g. Ich gehe in DIE Stadt but Ich bin in DER StadtDer Heißluftballon fliegt über DIE Stadt but Der Heißluftballon ist über DER Stadt Der Mann fährt zwischen DIE Domen but Der Mann steht zwischen DEN DomenBe careful! Ich schwimme in DEM Schwimmbad! Ich fahre auf DER Straße ! (there is movement, but it is within the SAME noun-location)If you had to ask the speaker WHERE they are (wo in German), then use the dative. If you had to ask the speaker WHERE TO or WHERE FROM they are (wohin or woher in German), then use the accusative. Practise translating:I am hanging the picture on the wallThe picture is hanging on the wall I put my bag in front of the table (use legen (regular))The woman is standing in front of the shopping centreI am swimming in the sea.He put the book, which had fallen on the floor, on the table I like jogging in the park. We are flying over the town. (think carefully about what this means).And that's all there is to it! Just use Quizlet now to memorise them, and make sure to go back over them regularly.