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A2Grammatik 12 min
legen / liegen, stellen / stehen, setzen / sitzen, hängen
English mostly uses one verb, 'put'; German uses different verbs depending on how a thing is put: lying flat (legen), upright (stellen), sitting (setzen), hanging (hängen). Each also has a 'state' partner: liegen, stehen, sitzen, hängen. Together with the two-way prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen), these pairs are among the most frequently tested topics at A2.
INTRODUCTION
English mostly uses one verb, 'put'; German uses different verbs depending on how a thing is put: lying flat (legen), upright (stellen), sitting (setzen), hanging (hängen). Each also has a 'state' partner: liegen, stehen, sitzen, hängen. Together with the two-way prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen), these pairs are among the most frequently tested topics at A2.
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