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to ride along
To travel together with another person in their vehicle (e.g., car, train, bicycle) without driving yourself; to use a ride-sharing opportunity.
Wenn du zum Bahnhof musst, kannst du bei mir mitfahren.
If you need to go to the train station, you can ride along with me.
'Mitfahren' (to ride along) is a separable verb. The prefix 'mit-' comes at the end of the main clause. In subordinate clauses and in the infinitive with 'zu', the verb stays together.
Ich fahre heute Abend bei meinen Eltern mit.
I'm riding along with my parents this evening.
The perfect tense of 'mitfahren' (to ride along) is always formed with the auxiliary verb 'sein' because it describes movement from one place to another. A common source of mistakes is using 'haben'.
Gestern bin ich mit einer Kollegin zur Arbeit mitgefahren.
Yesterday I rode to work with a colleague.
To express with whom you are riding along, the preposition 'bei' is used with the dative. So the construction is: bei jemandem mitfahren (to ride along with someone).
Kann ich heute Nachmittag bei dir mitfahren?
Can I ride along with you this afternoon?
to take along / take away
Mitnehmen and mitfahren can describe the same shared journey, but from different roles. With mitnehmen, the person who is driving or organizing the journey is the subject, and the passenger is the object. With mitfahren, the passenger is the subject.
Kann ich morgen in deinem Auto mit dir nach Berlin mitfahren?
Can I ride with you to Berlin in your car tomorrow?
Kannst du mich morgen in deinem Auto nach Berlin mitnehmen?
Can you take me to Berlin in your car tomorrow?
