The pronominal adverbs substitute a preposition and a personal, demonstrative, interrogative or relative pronoun.
They are the combination of the adverbs da and wo with certain prepositions and are invariable.
| Examples |
| damit, dafür, dabei, darüber, danach, darum usw. |
| womit, wofür, wobei, worüber, wonach, worum usw. |
The pronominal adverbs refer to inanimate things. When referring to animate things, we use prepositions with personal, demonstrative or interrogative pronouns.
| Examples | ||
| Wir sprechen über Politik. | Wir sprechen darüber. | inanimate things = prepositional adverb |
| Wir sprechen über Monika. | Wir sprechen über sie. | animate things = preposition + pronoun |