Der Hund ist frech! Negation with 'nicht' and 'sondern', determiners | German

Starter quiz

Match the German with the English.

antworten auf

⇔

to answer, answering ✓

arbeiten an

⇔

to work on, working on ✓

die Ecke

⇔

corner ✓

das Licht

⇔

light ✓

das Mal

⇔

time ✓

das Weihnachten

⇔

Christmas ✓
Match the German with the English.

betrachten

⇔

to look at, consider ✓

pflegen

⇔

to care, cultivate ✓

der Eindruck

⇔

impression ✓

künftig

⇔

future ✓

am nächsten

⇔

(the) next, nearest ✓

am höchsten

⇔

(the) highest ✓
Select the correct adjective ending for 'gefährlich' in the following sentence: 'Ich wohne neben der gefährlich___ Ecke.'

e

er

en ✓

em

es
Select the correct adjective ending for 'klein' in the following sentence: 'Ich habe ein klein___ Licht.'

e

er

en

em

es ✓
Negate the following sentence: 'Sie hat ______ Vorstellung von den Kosten.'

'keine' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to form a negative statement.

1

⇔

das

2

⇔

Paar

3

⇔

ist

4

⇔

nicht

5

⇔

getrennt

Exit quiz

Match the German with the English.

brechen

⇔

to break, breaking ✓

brichst

⇔

(you) break ✓

bricht

⇔

(she, he, it) breaks ✓

lieben

⇔

to love, loving ✓

froh

⇔

happy, glad ✓
Match the German with the English.

bemerken

⇔

to notice, noticing ✓

die Ahnung

⇔

suspicion, idea ✓

frech

⇔

cheeky, naughty ✓

verrückt

⇔

crazy ✓

je

⇔

ever ✓

sondern

⇔

but, rather ✓
How would you pronounce the [j]s in the following sentence? 'Jedes Jahr jogge ich durch den schönen, japanischen Garten.'

Like English 'y'.

Like English 'j'.

A mixture of English 'y' and English 'j'. ✓
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the German word for 'last': 'Sie fragt nach dem ______ Sprecher.'

'letzten' ✓
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the German word for 'next': 'Ich werde am ______ Austausch teilnehmen.'

'nächstem' ✓
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the German word for 'but': 'Er ist nicht frech, ______ froh.'

'sondern' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

[j] sounds like 'ja'.
Determiners 'jed-' ‘nächst-’ and ‘letzt-’ change their endings according to gender and case.
'Sondern' means 'but' or 'rather' and contradicts a preceding negative.

Common misconception

'Aber' and 'sondern' mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

Use 'aber' to contradict a preceding statement that does not contain a negative. Use 'sondern' to mean 'but' or 'rather' following a negative statement.

Keywords

Jed- - determiner meaning ‘each’ or ‘every’ which changes according to gender and case
Nächst- - determiner meaning ‘next’ which changes according to gender and case
Letzt- - determiner meaning ‘last’ which changes according to gender and case
Sondern - conjunction used after a negative, meaning ‘but’ or ‘rather’