German Lesson (120) - Adverbs of Time - Part 3: seit ∙ lange ∙ vor - A2/B1 Video Lecture | Learn German Language (Advanced Level): Course for Serious Learners

hi guys highlighter welcome back to
German with Jenny today I want to teach
you how to use the words a go for and
since in German okay
it actually looks different from the
English language and we also use
different tenses when we use those words
okay alright let's get started so when
you want to use a go you need to use the
preposition for in German okay let me
give you an example
what's vivo con valley in Stockholm
what's vivo con vie in Stockholm okay
which means two weeks ago I wasn't stuck
home so you can probably notice that in
English a go comes after the time
indication but in German we need to
place for okay before the time
indication for survival
alright so it doesn't come after like an
English it comes before for idea would
it open yet for einem yah voltage
appropriate so one year ago I had
surgery for Anna had washed under hot
mishmash F and goofin for eine hi Rhonda
hot mesh man chef and go golfing so half
an hour ago my boss called me
all right Watson Yavin finish Natsu they
get soggy
what's in Yavin finish not surely get
soggy 10 years ago I moved to Zurich
when Germans learn English they actually
struggle between the difference between
four and sins because in German we don't
have that difference okay so we learned
that four is used for a time period and
since is used when we refer back to it a
specific point in time in the past okay
but in German it doesn't work that way
okay in German for both instances we use
the prepositions iets okay we use Zayat
when we describe an action that started
in the past and is still ongoing that's
when we use that okay let's say that
you've been playing the piano for 10
years okay
so in England in German if you want to
say I've been playing the piano for
ten years you say ich villa site sin
Yavin clavia vila that sin Yavin
plebeian now in german if you want to
say that you've been playing the piano
since 2005 we also use site ok so we
would say ich villa
that's 5,000 full claw via a villa
that's 5,000 full Club yep so that
example should show you that we don't
differentiate between four and since
okay so we didn't different
differentiate between a time period and
a point and time okay for us it's always
site let me give you some more examples
each Abbot is at full fee on in the
glycine firma
if Abbott is at full fee on in that
license firma so I've been working in
the same company for five years okay
anyone should use for in that case but
in German we use the site I had ceased
that I Navajo niched commanded okay so
he hasn't contacted me for one week okay
so we use the site in German I had six
exact einavofer niched committed that
Mitzvah is in Barcelona that Mitzvah is
to n Barcelona so he's been in Barcelona
since Wednesday okay we use site in
German that I navaja related any stood
me ax that I navaja the hated any
Schmidt Mia so he hasn't been talking to
me for one week we also use site in
German if we want to describe an action
that lasts for a specific time period we
use the adverb langing okay and in that
case in English you would use for let me
give you an example at the diocese be
Newton line Flavia goofy it in English
that would be he played piano for 30
minutes alright
in English you place for in front of the
time indication but in German you place
it after the time indication okay that's
a
central difference let's take a look at
some more examples
yabba / turnin Lang of in Givat it a
habit / turnin Lang of inverted so I
waited for him for two hours okay
I had the guy stolen Lang with via
telephone yet I had the rice Rondon Lang
midea telephone yet so he talked to her
on the phone for three hours you can
also say at the guy standin Mitya
telephone yet which means exactly the
same thing but it's also very common to
add the adverb land okay and it stresses
that he was talking to her for three
whole hours okay
that's when we use lang alright today
learned the difference between for site
and Lang in German okay if you want to
do some practice you can go to German
with J calm and work on some exercises
okay I hope I'll see you next time
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