{"id":3153,"date":"2009-10-05T22:21:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T03:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2009-10-05T22:30:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T03:30:35","slug":"german-grammar-101-separable-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=3153","title":{"rendered":"German Grammar 101: Separable Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Tobin surprised me by casually applying a German grammar quirk that brings <a href=\"http:\/\/german.about.com\/library\/blmtwain01.htm\" target=\"_blank\">grown language students<\/a> to their knees. He completed a separable verb at the end of my sentence (which could&#8217;ve been a standalone, but is more to the point the way he completed it).<\/p>\n<p>Me: <em>&#8220;Luna leckt Tobin&#8217;s Hand&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nTobin: <em>&#8220;&#8230; ab!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It translates into &#8220;Luna is licking Tobin&#8217;s hand&#8221;. 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