Before, opposite(location), ago in German 🇩🇪

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Tips to remember the German word ‘vor’:
1. Associate ‘vor’ with the English ‘fore’ as in ‘before’ and ‘forefront’, which can help you recall that ‘vor’ relates to something being in front of something else.
2. Visualize the action – imagine standing ‘vor’ (in front of) a landmark, like the Brandenburg Gate, to remember the location aspect of the word.

Explanations:
– ‘Vor’ is a German preposition that can mean ‘before’ in terms of time, or ‘in front of’ when referring to a spatial relationship.
– It can be used to indicate a period of time prior to a certain point, similar to ‘ago’ in English.
– When referring to location, ‘vor’ indicates that something is positioned ahead or in front of something else.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– ‘Bevor’ also translates to ‘before’ in English, but it’s more specifically used as a conjunction to establish when something happens in relation to another action rather than as a preposition.
– For ‘ago’, the German word ‘vor’ can be used interchangeably with phrases like ‘vorher’ (beforehand) when referring to time.

Alternate meanings like slang:
– ‘Vor’ doesn’t typically have slang meanings, but it can be used in various contexts beyond the literal ‘before’ or ‘in front of’. For example, in sports commentary, one might use ‘vor’ to talk about a team’s position in a league table, or in expressions such as ‘vor Angst’ (out of fear).

Examples of sentences that use ‘vor’:
1. Er stand vor dem Gebäude. (He stood in front of the building.)
2. Vor zwei Wochen sind wir nach Berlin gefahren. (We went to Berlin two weeks ago.)
3. Sie hat große Angst vor Spinnen. (She is very afraid of spiders.)
4. Stell dich vor die Klasse und präsentiere dein Projekt. (Stand in front of the class and present your project.)
5. Vor dem Essen solltest du dir die Hände waschen. (You should wash your hands before eating.)
6. Ich war vor dir hier. (I was here before you.)

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