In German, certain prepositions signify the case of the sentence. I try to remember as much that the genders of the noun changes along with the cases. For explanation regarding German cases, click on the "cases" link found on the right side, under the header "Labels".
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Freitag, März 04, 2011
Day 43. Wohin Gehen die Touristen?
We explored more on understanding directions. Certain prepositions can only be used with appropriate nouns. Just like in English, you would not say "go in the bridge" to someone. The grammatically correct phrase would be "go over the bridge".
Mittwoch, März 02, 2011
Day 41. Übungen 8 (Berlin sehen)
For today, the students were assigned to report briefly on our chosen tourist sights in Berlin (Sehenswürdigkeiten im Berlin). Mine was Das Schloss Belleveu. Parts of my slideshow is available on-line. Click here to view.
Dienstag, März 01, 2011
Day 40. Übungen 8 (Berlin sehen)
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| Berlin |
Today we started with another chapter, where we would learn the following:
- Berliner Sehenswürdigkeiten kennen
- nach dem Weg Fragen, den Weg beschreiben
- von einer Reise erzählen
- eine Postkarte schreiben
- Präpositionen in, durch, über + Akkusativ; zu, an... vorbei + Dativ
- das Modalverb woollen
- Konsonanten: r und l
We also had an audio exploration of Berlin. The class started discussing for Märchenspeilwettbewerb that will happen on March 11. We chose to stage Sneewittchen (Gebrüder Grimm).
✎ My personal wordbank:
(Seite 22 auf Kursbuch).
(Seite 22 auf Kursbuch).
Die Berlin-Exkursion.
| Bus Linie100 |
Mittwoch, Februar 09, 2011
Day 31. Übungen 6 (Orientierung)
Hier lernen:
Ich bin Rochelle Porras aus den Philippinen. Ich wohne jetzt in Frankfurt am Main, dem Finanz und Verkehrszentrum von Deutschland. Ich bin Dolmetscherin und arbeite bei Römer. Ich finde meinen Job fantastich! Ich fahre zehn Minuten mit dem Auto von meiner Wohnung zur Arbeit.
- sagen, wo Leute arbeiten und wohnen
- sagen, wie Leute zuer Arbeit kommen
- in einem Haus nach dem Weg / nach einer Person fragen
- Verkerhsmittel
- Präpositionen: in, neben, unter, auf, vor, hinter, an, zwischen, bei und mit + Dativ
- Ordnungszahlen
- Konsonanten: f, w, und v
Ich bin Rochelle Porras aus den Philippinen. Ich wohne jetzt in Frankfurt am Main, dem Finanz und Verkehrszentrum von Deutschland. Ich bin Dolmetscherin und arbeite bei Römer. Ich finde meinen Job fantastich! Ich fahre zehn Minuten mit dem Auto von meiner Wohnung zur Arbeit.
Donnerstag, Februar 03, 2011
Day 29.Tagesablauf und Termine
Verabredungen.
Our lesson for today was about setting up appointments. This can be quite confusing as accusative and dative cases come into use. As previously discussed in German 10, the German language use four cases: nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. For this chapter, we focused on accusative and dative cases.
Aside from understanding German prepositions, the German cases gives me headache. So, to put simply, German cases are concerned with nouns since the nouns in German have genders: the definite articles der, das, die, as well as the indefinite articles ein, eine and kein, keine all depend on the gender of the noun, adjective, and verb it precedes.
Der Akkusativ.
In English the accusative case is known as the objective case (direct object). In English, we learned that direct object is the receiver of the action. It can be nouns, pronouns, phrases, or clauses. It answers the question "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb. The German accusative case only changes in the masculine gender, meaning we don't need to worry about the feminine, neuter or plural for the moment.
Example: Ich habe eine Buch. (I have a book).
✔ It answers "what" I have.
Time expressions in a sentence are usually in accusative: jeden Tag, letzten Sommer, den ganzen Tag, diesen Abend, whole nächst- next letzt- last vorig- last jed- etc.(Note that these are definite times. Indefinite times such as "one day" or "once upon a time" in English use the genetive case in German, which I shall not trouble myself. Yet.)
Example: Jeden Morgen esse ich Reis zum Frühstück. (Every morning, I eat rice for breakfast).
✔ It answers "what" I eat every morning or "jeden Morgen".
Der Dativ.
Now, it gets more serious when it comes to the dative case in German. The dative case is used to show the indirect object of a verb - the receiver of the direct object. It answers the questions "Who to/for?" or "to/for what?" It’s usually a person, although it doesn't have to be. I think that in English, we don't conjugate much in relation to grammar cases. Meaning, we don't distinguish the direct and indirect object in the forms of words instead, we often use "to" or "for" to mark these.
Example: Ich gab der Frau einen Apfel. (I gave the woman an apple).
✔ It answers "to whom" did I give the apple to.
✔ Woman in German is feminine, therefore die Frau will become der Frau since it is definite, and in dative case.
✔ "I" is the subject, "apple" is direct object (the receiver of my action, which is "to give") and the "woman" is the indirect object.
✎ My personal wordbank:
Aufgabe 2, Seite 87 auf Kursbuch.
✿ Hallo, Anja! Gehen wir zusammen ins* Kino?
❅ Ja gern, wann denn?
✿ Morgen Abend?
❅ Nein, das geht nicht. Morgen kann ich nicht.
✿ Und am Freitag?
❅ Freitag ist gut.
✿ Um wie viel Uhr treffen wir uns?
❅ Um sieben?
✿ Okay, tschüss bis dann!
*Cinema in German is masculine, so it should be das Kino. To say in the cinema is to say "in das Kino" however, in das can be conjugated to ins.
I'm trying to familiarize myself with the German prepositions and how they are used in relation with the cases. I found doubletranslate.com to be helpful, and here is the link of their specific page dedicated to understanding the use of German Prepositions.
Our lesson for today was about setting up appointments. This can be quite confusing as accusative and dative cases come into use. As previously discussed in German 10, the German language use four cases: nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. For this chapter, we focused on accusative and dative cases.
Aside from understanding German prepositions, the German cases gives me headache. So, to put simply, German cases are concerned with nouns since the nouns in German have genders: the definite articles der, das, die, as well as the indefinite articles ein, eine and kein, keine all depend on the gender of the noun, adjective, and verb it precedes.
Der Akkusativ.
In English the accusative case is known as the objective case (direct object). In English, we learned that direct object is the receiver of the action. It can be nouns, pronouns, phrases, or clauses. It answers the question "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb. The German accusative case only changes in the masculine gender, meaning we don't need to worry about the feminine, neuter or plural for the moment.
Example: Ich habe eine Buch. (I have a book).
✔ It answers "what" I have.
✔ Book in German is masculine, therefore, der Buch will become ein Book since it is indefinite. In the accusative case, it will be einen Buch. (Note that all German nouns are capitalized, regardless if proper, common or collective nouns. The only exception would be the pronouns with the exception of "Sie", the formal form of you.) Rules, rules, rules. I must know them by heart!!!
Time expressions in a sentence are usually in accusative: jeden Tag, letzten Sommer, den ganzen Tag, diesen Abend, whole nächst- next letzt- last vorig- last jed- etc.(Note that these are definite times. Indefinite times such as "one day" or "once upon a time" in English use the genetive case in German, which I shall not trouble myself. Yet.)
Example: Jeden Morgen esse ich Reis zum Frühstück. (Every morning, I eat rice for breakfast).
✔ It answers "what" I eat every morning or "jeden Morgen".
Der Dativ.
Now, it gets more serious when it comes to the dative case in German. The dative case is used to show the indirect object of a verb - the receiver of the direct object. It answers the questions "Who to/for?" or "to/for what?" It’s usually a person, although it doesn't have to be. I think that in English, we don't conjugate much in relation to grammar cases. Meaning, we don't distinguish the direct and indirect object in the forms of words instead, we often use "to" or "for" to mark these.
Example: Ich gab der Frau einen Apfel. (I gave the woman an apple).
✔ It answers "to whom" did I give the apple to.
✔ Woman in German is feminine, therefore die Frau will become der Frau since it is definite, and in dative case.
✔ "I" is the subject, "apple" is direct object (the receiver of my action, which is "to give") and the "woman" is the indirect object.
A lot of conjugations happen in dative, so I just look at my table and hope that by some miracle, every exam from hereon, we'll be allowed to open our notes. Oh, hi there Ms. Jean! :D
bestimmter Artikel | unbestimmter Artikel | Personalpronomen | |||||||
Nom. | Akk. | Dat. | Nom. | Akk. | Dat. | Nom. | Akk. | Dat. | Possesiv |
der die das die (pl.) | den die das die | dem der dem den (+ _n) | ein ein ein keine | einen eine ein keine | einem einer einem keinen (+ _n) | ich du er es sie wir ihr sie Sie | mich dich ihn es sie uns euch sie Sie | mir dir ihm ihr ihm uns euch ihnen Ihnen | mein_ dein_ sein_ ihr_ sein_ unser_ euer_ ihr_ Ihr_ |
✎ My personal wordbank:
Aufgabe 2, Seite 87 auf Kursbuch.
✿ Hallo, Anja! Gehen wir zusammen ins* Kino?
❅ Ja gern, wann denn?
✿ Morgen Abend?
❅ Nein, das geht nicht. Morgen kann ich nicht.
✿ Und am Freitag?
❅ Freitag ist gut.
✿ Um wie viel Uhr treffen wir uns?
❅ Um sieben?
✿ Okay, tschüss bis dann!
*Cinema in German is masculine, so it should be das Kino. To say in the cinema is to say "in das Kino" however, in das can be conjugated to ins.
I'm trying to familiarize myself with the German prepositions and how they are used in relation with the cases. I found doubletranslate.com to be helpful, and here is the link of their specific page dedicated to understanding the use of German Prepositions.
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