German Week 1 PDF

German Ordinary German Week 1 We will be covering different elements each week to ensure your success in German This week, we will be covering the followingOverview of Course Vocab List Week 1 Present tense-Regular and Irregular Verbs Verb List-Regular and Irregular Week 1 Sein and Werden Nomina�ve...

German Ordinary German Week 1 We will be covering different elements each week to ensure your success in German This week, we will be covering the followingOverview of Course Vocab List Week 1 Present tense-Regular and Irregular Verbs Verb List-Regular and Irregular Week 1 Sein and Werden Nomina�ve Overview of Course From that, we can take the main elements to focus on are as follows 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Grammar Comprehensions Writen Components(Auβerung/Essay) Oral Aural Let’s get started! 1 Vocab List Week 1What is a noun?-Person, place or thing When using nouns in German, you need to consider the noun checklisto o o Capital leter Gender Case Please note• • Learn the gender of the noun as well as the meaning Ensure that you know the transla�on of the word English->German and German->English Week 1, we will be covering Family Vocabulary- Feminine Family Members1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Mutter-mother Tochter-daughter Enkeltochter-granddaughter Schwester -sister Tante-aunt Groβmutter/Oma-grandmother Cousine-cousin Nichte-niece Stiefmutter-stepmother Masculine Family Members1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Sohn-son Enkelsohn-grandson Groβvater/Opa-grandfather Onkel-uncle Neffe-nephew Cousin-cousin S�e�ruder-stepbrother 2 Plural Family MembersKinder-children Groβeltern-grandparents Verwandten-rela�ons Neutral Family MembersEnkelkind-Grandchild Einzelkind-Only child How can we use this vocab? For example-Please translate! Ich habe eine SchwesterIch bin ein EinzelkindMein Bruder ist klein- Rooms in the (Haus) 3 Present TenseVerbs are words that show ac�ons or states of being i.e doing words In German, we need to focus mainly on two categories of verbs: regular and irregular Present Tense-To describe what is happening now or in the present We will discuss how to make regular verbs and irregular verbs work in the present tenseWhat are regular verbs? Verbs that follow the rules, the same rules all of the �me. The same endings are added to the stem of the verb What is stem? INFINITIVE - EN What is infini�ve? MOST BASIC What endings go where? We only concern ourselves with Ich Singular (er,sie,es,man) Plural(Wir, sie, Sie) Person Ich Sing Plural Ending added to stem +E +T +EN(Keep as infini�ve) Let’s try it1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Achten(mind) Belen(bark) Bedienen(serve) Drehen(turn) Erben(inherit) Grillen(BBQ) Hupen(beep the horn) 4 Irregular Verbs do not follow any rules-they change depending on the person doing the ac�on Again we concern ourselves with1. Ich 2. Singular 3. Plural What happens in Ich, singular and plural- Person Ich Sing Plural For example- Ending added to stem +E List +EN(Keep as infini�ve) essen-eat stem-> ess Ich esse Er isst Wir essen 5 Verb ListRegular Week 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Achten-Mind Atmen-Breathe Dauern-Last Deuten-Indicate Gleichen-Be equal Passen-Suit Pfeifen-Whistle Radeln-Cycle Irregular Week 1 present 6 past tenses Grammar Week 1- RecapNouns-Person, place, thing They need1. 2. 3. GenderIt is very important to know the gender of nouns in order to be able to use cases correctly! (the,a) Gender and cases effect the ar�cles within a sentence. Ar�cles-the,a,etc. How do we find out the gender of a noun?! 1. General guidelines 2. Endings 60% 90% 3. Research-put that dic�onary to use!! Masculine1. Generally animals are masculine-(will be on vocab sheet) Katze(f), Pferd(nt) 2. Days of week, months, seasons, �mes of day die Woche (the week fem) 3. Weather das Wetter! 4. Points on compass 5. Alcohol-excep�on das Bier! 6. Male people and professions 7 Feminine- female professions will have 'in' at end der Lehrer (male teacher) Madchen (neutral, girl) das Madchen 1. Female people and job professions 2. Plants die Lehrerin Neutral1. Adjec�ves used as nouns 2. Words from other languages der Computer (m) 3. Nouns beginning in Ge Compound nouns take the gender of the word at the end- e.g. Sommerzeit-die Sommerzeit What is a case? Case shows you how a noun is used in a sentence- How is the case determined?1. Natural case created by role played in the sentence 2. Forced change of case by da�ve verb 3. Preposi�ons-which we will cover at the end of this sec�on on cases! Before finding the case, make sure you know the gender of a noun! 8 How to find out the case? 1. Is it doing the verb?-N doer 2. Is it being done to?-A doee 3. Is it receiving something?-D getter 4. Is it owning something?-G owner Always use this grid when finding casesmasc neutral fem plural First, let’s start with nomina�ve Nomina�ve: The nomina�ve is the subject of the verb The nomina�ve can also be known as the ‘doer’-This person is responsible for the verb. Also, nomina�ve can be known as the ‘owner’ of the verb Also, another way of thinking of it is the reason the verb is there in first place. We always have to have a nomina�ve!!!!!!! When you see a sentence you have to ask yourself who is the person doing the verb/subject of verb/the cause of the verb-i.e. the doer Sein and werden are nomina�ve verbs- ie they make the noun a�er them and before them nomina�ve 9 Der Mann ist klein-here we have to think what is the verb and what is its subject What is our verb here? Ans: ist What is the cause of the verb? Ans: the man (der Mann) ____ Mann ist klein ____ Mädchen isst ____ Lehrerin ist krank Type text here ____ Hund schlä� 10