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Key terms for A level German Ensure that you know and understand these key terms for September: Verb Is a doing word such as play, watch, sing, go, return, do. Conjugate Means to change the full verb into the tense or person you want by finding the stem and applying the correct endings. Is the verb in its purest form that you will find in a dictionary. You use the infinitive to conjugate difference tenses. It will have ‘to’ in front of it in English ‘to play, to watch and to go’. In German the infinitives will always end in N or EN. Infinitive Stem You must find the stem of the verb each time you want to conjugate an infinitive into a specific tense. To do this, take off the EN. Then you simply apply the endings for that tense. E.g infinitive = spielen stem = spiel Add the endings = e, st, t, en, t Endings Are the verb endings that you must add to the stem of the verb. The verb endings in the present tense are e, st, t, en, t Tense Is the tense you would like to use e.g present, past, future, conditional, imperfect etc. Pronoun I = ich, you = du, he/she/one = er/sie/es/man, we = wir, you (formal) = Sie they = sie you (plural familiar) = ihr In German there are three ways to say you; du, Sie and ihr. Du is used to one person (singular) or to someone you know well or a child (informal). Sie is used to address people (plural) or a person that you don’t know (formal). Auxiliary Auxiliary verbs sein and haben are used in the past tense (perfect tense) They are an extra verb needed. eg ich habe gespielt: habe is the auxiliary (m) (f) (ne) m = masculine f = feminine n = neuter Nouns Nouns are objects, places or names. In French they are grouped into two groups which are called masculine and feminine nouns. Adjectives Adjectives are words which describing words such as big or small. Adjectives describe the noun e.g a big table. In French adjectives must agree with the noun therefore as nouns are masculine, feminine, singular or plural, the adjective must agree e.g une table noire, les tables noires, un livre noir, les livres noirs.