Preposition Survivor
Pick the right article form - keep your crowd alive
Some common German prepositions have a fixed case. Mit, aus and von take the dative: mit dem Mann, aus der Stadt. Für, ohne and durch take the accusative: für den Mann, ohne das Auto. Learning the preposition with a complete phrase helps you understand it and choose the article form.
The more you play this game, the better you will be able to understand familiar phrases about who something is for, who you are with or where you come from. After a run, say a few combinations aloud and try one in your own sentence.
Try a short run in a break, or play after a daily activity. Aim for accurate choices, then see how large you can grow your crowd.
Learn a preposition with a complete example: mit dem Mann, für die Frau, aus der Stadt. The game gives you repeated choices between article forms after fixed-case prepositions. Review a correct phrase after your run and try saying it aloud.
Prepositions with a fixed case: accusative (durch, für, gegen, ohne, um) and dative (aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu). Two-way prepositions such as an, auf, in and vor are not part of the current version, because the case depends on the whole sentence rather than on the preposition.
With an, auf, in, vor and the rest, the case comes from the whole sentence: accusative when the phrase answers Wohin? (ich gehe in die Küche), dative when it answers Wo? (ich bin in der Küche). A prompt that shows only the preposition and two article forms cannot be scored fairly, so the current version sticks to prepositions with a fixed case.
Your crowd is both your score and your life bar. Every correct article adds a survivor; every wrong one costs you two. Special gates take the stakes even higher: shield gates occasionally protect you from the next wrong answer, and rare double/halve gates can double your entire crowd on a correct answer - or halve it on a wrong one. Reach zero survivors and the run ends.
A preposition has a meaning, and the phrase also needs the right case and article form. Learning a small combination such as mit dem or für den gives you a useful starting point. Add a familiar noun to make a phrase you can use.
The prompt asks you to connect the preposition with an article form yourself. For example, mit needs the dative. Repeated choices let you check familiar combinations and review the ones you still find difficult.
A rhythm or song can help you review aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von and zu. The common accusative set is durch, für, gegen, ohne and um. Learn a short example with each preposition too, so the list connects with phrases you can use.
There is no fixed timetable. Play a short run on different days, and notice which combinations you can choose more easily. Use a few of them in a spoken or written sentence after playing.