Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present | German

Starter quiz

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

doppelt

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double, twice ✓

sich setzen

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to sit down, sitting down ✓

Köln

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Cologne ✓

die Wurst

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sausage ✓

die Stimme

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voice, vote ✓
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

trennen

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to separate, separating ✓

entstehen

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to originate, to develop ✓

die Minderheit

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minority ✓

der Druck

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pressure, printing ✓

das Volk

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people, folk ✓
Which sentence uses word order three (verb to the end)?

Der Druck, der zu groß ist. ✓

Der Druck ist zu groß.

Ist der Druck zu groß?
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Here is a people that works hard.'

1

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hier

2

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ist

3

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ein

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Volk,

5

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das

6

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hart

7

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arbeitet
What does 'sie' mean in the following sentence? 'Ich mag die Donau. Sie ist schön.'

'It' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to combine the following two sentences using a relative clause: 'Hier ist eine Gruppe.' 'Die Gruppe ist riesig.'

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hier ist

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eine

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Gruppe

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die

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riesig

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ist

Match the German words below to the correct English translations.

die Gruppe

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group ✓

automatisch

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automatic, automatically ✓

positiv

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positive, positively ✓

spüren

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to sense, notice, feel ✓

menschlich

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human ✓

das Opfer

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sacrifice, victim ✓
How would you say 'it' in the following sentence? 'Das ist eine spezielle Möglichkeit. __________ ist positiv.'

Er

Sie ✓

Es
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into German: 'Someone who has a lot of strength is this woman.'

1

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Jemand,

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die

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viel Kraft

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hat,

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ist

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diese

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Frau
Which sentence ending is correct? 'Ich setze mich auf den Stuhl und __________.'

ich mit dem Mädchen spreche

ich spreche mit dem Mädchen ✓
Which tense does the following sentence use? '1900 bekommt die Frau gute Ergebnisse.'

'historic present' ✓
How would we most likely say '1900 bekommt die Frau gute Ergebnisse.' in English?

In 1900, the woman receives good results.

In 1900, the woman received good results. ✓

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Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause, without starting another sentence.
Some relative clauses are embedded in a main clause.
Match subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' with the gender and number of a noun to mean 'it' and 'they'.
The historic present narrates events in the past to make them feel more immediate.

Like English, German uses 'it' and 'they' as subject pronouns to replace nouns.

In German, subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' mean 'it' and 'they' and match the grammatical gender and number of the noun.

Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., 'I', 'we', 'they'
Relative clause - adds information about the noun in the main clause
Historic present - narrates events in the past using the present tense