January 2011
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Words with two or more meanings 4
Sometimes the noun gender changes -> example 3:
1. das Gericht = 1. court 2. meal
2. die Birne = 1. pear 2. light bulb 3. a colloquial expression for “head”
3. der Kiefer = jaw; die Kiefer = pine tree
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Indefinite pronouns in German Part 2
Some more indefinite pronouns in German. Click here to view Part 1:
1. etwas = something
2. irgendetwas = something/anything
3. solche = such
4. jedermann = everyone
5. allesamt = all of
6. mancher (e,s) = some
7. seinesgleichen = the likes of him / one’s own kind
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Words with two or more meanings 3
Another three to remember:
1. der Hahn = 1. rooster 2. faucet
2. das Schloss = 1. lock 2. castle
3. der Strauß = 1. bouquet 2. ostrich
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Indefinite pronouns in German Part 1
When you refer to objects, places or unspecified beings, you need indefinite pronouns (das Indefinitpronomen) like nobody, both, plenty or other to express yourself.
Some useful ones that you should know are:
1. jemand = somebody
2. niemand = nobody
3. irgendjemand / irgendwer = anybody
4. man = you (in the informal usage of “one”)
5. alle = all
6. beide = both
7. einige =...
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Pets in German
1. der Hund (-e) = dog (-s)
2. die Katze (-n) = cat (-s)
3. das Kaninchen (“) = bunny (-ies)
4. das Meerschweinchen (“) = guinea pig (-s)
5. der Hamster (“) = hamster (-s)
6. der Wellensittich (-e) = parakeet (-s)
7. die Schildkröte (-n) = turtle (-s)
8. der Papagei (-en) = parrot (-s)
9. die Maus (Mäuse) = mouse (mice)
10. der Fisch (-e) = fish
I have two guinea pigs...
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Answers to yesterday's exercise
Here are the correct answers! :)
1. MEIN (my) Bruder heißt Anton.
2. Kommst du mit DEINER (your) Freundin?
3. Ist das EUER (your; plural) house?
4. Die Schwester IHRES (of her) Freundes heißt Tina.
5. IHR (their) Deutschlehrer kommt aus Berlin.
6. Gestern sah ich MEINE (my) Deutschlehrerin im Supermarkt.
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Who would like to come to the blackboard...
… and fill in the correct possessiv determiners (be careful with the cases!):
1. ….. (my) Bruder heißt Anton.
2. Kommst du mit…. (your) Freundin?
3. Ist das …. (your; plural) house?
4. Die Schwester ….. (of her) Freundes heißt Tina.
5. …… (their) Deutschlehrer kommt aus Berlin.
6. Gestern sah ich ….. (my) Deutschlehrerin im Supermarkt.
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Words with two or more meanings 2
Here are more words that have several meanings:
1. der Ton = 1. clay 2. note 3. tone
2. die Decke = 1. blanket 2. ceiling
3. das Eis = 1. ice 2. ice-cream
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Answers to yesterday's exercise
Unfortunately, many of you didn’t fill in the correct answers yesterday. The task was: conjugate the verbs in the simple PAST (Präteritum, 1. Vergangenheit) and NOT in the simple present (Präsens, Gegenwart). However, most of your present tense conjugations were correct - so that’s cool ;) For those of you, who conjugated in the simple past - here are the correct answers:
1. Ich Aß...
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Who would like to come to the blackboard...
… and conjugate these irregular verbs in the simple past:
1. Ich …. ein Stück Kuchen. (essen)
2. Wir …. spazieren. (gehen)
3. Er …. zu Hause. (bleiben)
4. Du …. zu spät. (kommen)
5. Ihr …. nach Berlin. (fahren)
6. Sie (plural) …. ein gutes Buch. (lesen)
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Words with two or more meanings 1
There are many words in the German language, that have more than one meaning - depending on the context. Step by step, I’m going to introduce you to some of them :)
1. der Läufer = 1. runner (sport) 2. runner (carpet) 3. bishop (chess)
2. die Bank = 1. bank 2. bench
3. die Fliege = 1. fly 2. bow tie
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