Daily Routine & Separable Verbs
दैनिक दिनचर्या और अलग होने वाली क्रियाएँ
German loves building new verbs by gluing a prefix onto a base verb — and in the present tense, that prefix breaks off and moves to the end of the sentence, something with no direct Hindi equivalent.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
Separable verbs: the prefix breaks off and moves to the end
aufstehen → Ich stehe um sieben Uhr auf. (I get up at seven o'clock.)
उठना → मैं सात बजे उठता हूँ।
Hindi verbs don't split into two pieces like this — "उठना" always stays one unit. German separable verbs are strict about it: the prefix (auf-, an-, aus-, mit-...) stays glued to the front in the infinitive (aufstehen), but the moment the verb is conjugated, it breaks off and lands at the very end of the main clause: ich stehe auf, not ich aufstehe. In a long sentence the two pieces can end up far apart, but the prefix will always surface at the end — learn this as a completely new German rule, without leaning on any Hindi pattern.
In a subordinate clause, the verb reunites
..., weil ich um sieben Uhr aufstehe. (..., because I get up at seven o'clock.)
..., क्योंकि मैं सात बजे उठता हूँ।
When a separable verb appears inside a subordinate clause (after weil, dass, wenn), the whole verb — conjugated ending and prefix together — reunites into one word at the very end of the clause: aufstehe, not stehe...auf. Hindi word order doesn't shift like this between main and subordinate clauses, so treat this reunification as a German-specific rule to remember — it will come up again in the subordinate-clauses lesson.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| aufstehen | OWF-shtay-en | उठनाuṭhnā | to get up |
| aufwachen | OWF-vahkh-en | जागनाjāgnā | to wake up |
| anziehen | AHN-tsee-en | कपड़े पहननाkapṛe pahannā | to get dressed |
| frühstücken | FREW-shtewk-en | नाश्ता करनाnāśtā karnā | to eat breakfast |
| einkaufen | EYN-kow-fen | खरीदारी करनाkharīdārī karnā | to shop / go grocery shopping |
| fernsehen | FAIRN-zay-en | टीवी देखनाṭīvī dekhnā | to watch TV |
| ausgehen | OWS-gay-en | बाहर जानाbāhar jānā | to go out |
| einschlafen | EYN-shlah-fen | सो जानाso jānā | to fall asleep |
| Ich stehe um sieben Uhr auf. | ikh SHTAY-eh oom ZEE-ben oor owf | मैं सात बजे उठता हूँ।maiñ sāt baje uṭhtā hūñ | I get up at seven o'clock. |