My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)

[Joel S. Berson]

Good-oh for the dative.  But can you remember those that take the
genitive?  I can't.

Joel

At 9/5/2006 05:29 PM, you wrote:
>On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
>>More years than I care to admit I still remember the nine German
>>prepositions that take either the dative or the accusative, in
>>alphabetic order--a kind of mnemonic.
>
>an auf hinter in neben ueber unter vor zwischen
>
>and then comes:
>
>aus ausser bei mit nach seit von zu
>
>this from more than  50 years ago, in high school.  it might be the
>last memory i can retrieve, in my dying moments.
>
>arnold
>
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