What you and others do: strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular | German

Starter quiz

Match the German and English.

Fleisch (nt)

⇔

meat ✓

ich wünsche mir

⇔

I wish for ✓

sehen

⇔

to see, seeing ✓

am Abend

⇔

in the evening ✓

am Nachmittag

⇔

in the afternoon ✓

beide

⇔

both ✓
Choose the groups of words in which all three words share a vowel sound.

Mäuse, heute, Deutsch ✓

Idee, bekommen, wir

Nachmittag, nach, spät

Freundin, Leute, Gebäude ✓

Familie, Angst vor, Abend
Match up the German and English.

Fahrrad (nt)

⇔

bicycle ✓

Eis (nt)

⇔

ice cream ✓

Gemüse (nt)

⇔

vegetables ✓

Abend (m)

⇔

evening ✓

Nachmittag (m)

⇔

afternoon ✓

Wochenende (nt)

⇔

weekend ✓
'__________ liest du?' Which question word does not work in this sentence?

Was

Wo

Warum

Mit wem

Woher ✓
Translate the following sentence into German: 'With whom?'

'Mit wem?' ✓
Translate the following sentence into German: 'Where do you sleep?'

'Wo schläfst du?' ✓

Exit quiz

How are words listed in a bilingual dictionary?

alphabetically ✓

in order of how often they are used

one side has German to English and the other side has English to German ✓

they are listed according to which part of speech the word belongs to
Match the parts of speech to their examples.

noun

⇔

Urlaub (m) ✓

verb

⇔

bekommen ✓

pronoun

⇔

ihn ✓

adjective

⇔

schön ✓

adverb

⇔

immer ✓

article (determiner)

⇔

das ✓
Change the following statement into an open question using 'wie': 'Du heißt [Sam].'

'Wie heißt du?' ✓
Order the following words as they would appear in the German section of a bilingual dictionary.

1

⇔

Abend (m)

2

⇔

Abitur (nt)

3

⇔

beide

4

⇔

bekommen

5

⇔

finden

6

⇔

nett

7

⇔

zusammen
Translate the following sentence into German: 'How often do you read the newspaper?'

'Wie oft liest du die Zeitung?' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

[eu] sounds the same as [äu] and is pronounced as in 'Deutschland'.
Form closed questions by swapping the position of the subject and verb in a statement.
Form open questions by placing a question word in front of a closed question.
A bilingual dictionary is split into two halves. The German side has English translations, and vice versa.
Dictionaries indicate what part of speech a word is, e.g., noun, verb, adjective.

Common misconception

A bilingual dictionary lists words from A-Z in one long list.

A bilingual dictionary is split into two sections. These is German to English, and English to German. Each section lists words from A-Z. To find the English meaning of a German word, look for it in the German to English section, and vice versa.

Keywords

[eu] - pronounced as in 'Deutschland'
Question - seeks information
Statement - gives information
Part of speech - refers to a type of word, such as a noun, verb, adjective