This is a post I wrote on my Language Cabinet blog for a more advanced learner of mine. However, verbs with a particle (often prepositions) attached as a prefix (in the spelling of the infinitive) come up early in conversation and thus have to be dealt with earlier than teacher had intended. And maybe this idea of grading language items according to an assumed difficulty level is too restrictive. If more complex stuff comes up in early stages so be it. Who am I to interfere and claim ‘that’s too difficult for now’. You want it – you get it :-).

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