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Prepositions of time

I was born on the 4^th of December in 1982.
The train left Hamburg at 20.15 on Tuesday.

On

Days of the week
on Wednesday
on Thursday evening
on July 12
on Good Friday (Karfreitag)
on Christmas Day (1. Weihnachtstag)

In

In
in the morning
in the afternoon
in 10 minutes
in January
in 1989
in spring

At

Point of time
at 4 pm
at noon (12.00)
at midnight (24.00)
at night
at Easter

Prepositions of place

We ate at a pizzeria in town.

In

No way to go
in a car
in a taxi (you sit immediately)
in the picture
in the folder
in the book / newspaper
in the field / garden
in bed
in the sky (am Himmel)
in Italy / Milan

At

At an event
at a concert / wedding / funeral
at theatre / cinema
at the bus station / harbour
at home
at work
at the doctor’s / dentist’s
at my in-laws (Schwiegereltern)
at the door
at the top of the page

On

You have to go before sitting
on a bus / ship / train / plane
on a bicycle / shelf
on TV
on the Internet
on the menu (Speisekarte)
on the agenda (Tagesprogramm)
on holiday
on the wall / ceiling
on the first floor

To

To
go to Paris
drive to the hotel

Acception: home
go home
get home
arrive home

Once you arrive home (dynamic),
you are then at home (static).
Will you be at home tonight
or are you going out?

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