Who has what? 'haben' 1st, 3rd person singular, definite article 'den' | German

Starter quiz

The words 'der, die, das' all mean ...
- 'the'. ✓
- 'and'.
- 'I'.
- 'a'.
- 'you'.
Match each of these German words to the correct English translations.
- sagt
  
  ⇔
  
  say, tell ✓
- ja
  
  ⇔
  
  yes ✓
- nicht
  
  ⇔
  
  not ✓
- Tag
  
  ⇔
  
  day ✓
- wo?
  
  ⇔
  
  where? ✓
- was?
  
  ⇔
  
  what? ✓
Which sound symbol correspondence do the following words share? 'sein, ein, zwei'
- [w]
- [ei] ✓
- [ie]
- [z]
- [e]
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Wo bist du? Ich ______ hier!'
- 'bin' ✓
Which of the following are nouns?
- die Flasche ✓
- sagen
- der Mann ✓
- richtig
- das Fenster ✓
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: '______ ist die Klasse? Die Klasse ist hier.'
- 'Wo' ✓

When a word sounds and looks the same in two languages, but means something different, it is called a ______.
- 'false friend' ✓
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Was hast du? Ich __________ einen Fußball.'
- bin
- hat
- habe ✓
- ist
- haben
In German, the sound [w] is pronounced like ...
- an English [v], as in 'very'. ✓
- an English [f], as in 'four'.
- an English [w], as in 'web'.
- an English [s], as in 'sound'.
- an English [b], as in 'ball'.
Which of these sentences is grammatically incorrect?
- Die Welt ist warm.
- Sophie hat der Ball. ✓
- Ich habe den Fußball.
- Ich habe das Wasser.
- Ist das klar?
Translate the following sentence into German: 'Jacob has the football.'
- 'Jacob hat den Fußball.' ✓

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[w] sounds like the English [v].
The question word 'Wer?' means 'Who?'.
The verb 'haben' means 'to have/having'. Its short form 'hat' means 'has'.
The masculine word for 'the' ('der') changes to 'den' after most verbs (including 'haben') but not after 'sein'.

'Wer' means 'where' in English because it sounds the same.

'Wer' means 'who' in English. Words that sound identical but have different meanings are called false friends and we should be aware of them.

[w] - pronounced as in 'Wo?'
Wer - who
Haben - the verb 'to have, having'
Den - definite article 'the' used with masculine singular nouns after 'haben'
False friend - a word that looks or sounds similar in two languages, but does not share the same meaning