I do not know...
#When do you use the 'da-' or 'dar-' form of prepositions (e.g. damit, dabei, darauf...)
balmy ingot
rigid ore
I do not know...
When the preposition starts with a vowel/a diphtong -> da+r+ein, da+r+auf
Does this help?
balmy ingot
I meant like, how is damit different from mit
rigid ore
A preposition needs a noun to go with. So, when there is no noun, or when we're omitting the noun, we'd have a "free-floating" preposition. That doesn't work -> we use a da-compound instead. E.g. "to wait for something/someone" = "auf etwas/jemanden warten", right? Now, maybe you aren't waiting for a person or a thing, like a delivery. Maybe you're waiting for an action, like the waiter arriving with the food in a restaurant -> you'll need a clause for that in German, since a literal translation of "I'm waiting for the waiter to bring my food" won't work in German. It's literally: I'm waiting there-on, that the waiter brings my food -> Ich warte darauf, dass der Kellner das Essen bringt.
Wall of text - oops. Hope this helps?
@balmy ingot
rigid ore
Bitte, gern. ;)
smoky iron
