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The way "weg" is pronounced here is a little odd. There is a clear difference in pronunciation between "Weg" (road/way) and "weg" (away), while (road/way) is pronounced correctly (away) should be pronounced more like "wäk" or something like that!
the Adverb "weg" is definitely pronouced different than the noun "Weg".
adv: w (long a) g
Noun: W (long e) g
At least this is my perception
The adverb ‘weg’=“away” should be pronounced with a short lax vowel [vɛk]. The noun ‘Weg’=“way” should be pronounced with a long tense vowel [veːk].
Specifically, ‘weg vom Wasser’ focuses on the water, while ‘vom Wasser weg’ focuses on getting away.
But the request is more polite than that: "Gehen Sie" = more like "please, go away..."?
‘von’ always takes the dative — as do ‘aus’, ‘außer’, ‘bei’, ‘mit’, ‘nach’, ‘seit’, and ‘zu’.
