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Pronominal adverbs: da- and wo-compounds

B1

Ich warte darauf. instead of Ich warte auf den Zug.Womit fährst du? instead of Mit was fährst du? These da-/wo-compounds make your sentences shorter and more natural — especially with verbs that take a fixed preposition.

  • Prepositional adverbs (da(r)-forms)
  • Question prepositional adverbs (wo(r)-compounds)

Exercises

Grammar in context

Read these texts to consolidate what you learned. They fit this grammar lesson especially well.