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Nouns
What is a noun
O A noun is the name of a person,
O place,
O animal
O or thing.
Nouns in German are special
O They are always written with a capital letter
O There are 3 groups of nouns, so each noun
belongs to a group
Groups
O Each group has its own word for ‘the’
O ‘der’
O ‘die’
O ‘das’
Question
O How do we know which group a noun
belongs to?
Answer
O When you learn a new word, learn the word
for ‘the’ that goes with it, then you will never
go wrong
Der words
O These words are in blue
O all male people e.g. der Vater
O All seasons e.g. der Sommer
O All the days e.g. der Montag
O All the months e.g. der Februar
O Lots of other words e.g. der Kuli
Die words
O These words are in red
O All female people (except ‘the girl’) e.g die
Mutter
O Usually words ending in –e e.g. die Schule
O Words ending in –in e.g. die Lehrerin
O Lots of other words e.g die Fahne
Das words
O These words are written in green
O Words ending in –chen e.g. das Mädchen
O Usually words from other languages e.g. das
Hotel
O Lots of other words e.g. das Kino
Kasus - Case
In German there are four
cases:
O Nominativ
O Akkusativ
O Dativ
O Genitiv
Kasus
The doer of the action is in the nominative
case
Example:
Ein iPod ist teuer – An iPod is expensive
The iPod is doing the action
Therefore the iPod is the doer and is in the
nominative case
Kasus
The receiver of the action (verb) is in the
accusative case
Example:
Ich kaufe einen iPod – I buy an iPod
I am doing the verb – I is in the nominative
Case
The iPod is receiving the action. Therefore, an
iPod is in the accusative case
Der bestimmte Artikel
O Is the word for “the”.
O In German there are several words for the
word “the”
der, die, das, die
Der bestimmte Artikel
The
Maskulinum
Femininum Neutrum
Plural
Nominativ
der
die
das
die
Akkusativ
den
die
das
die
As you can see “der” words
are the only words that change
in the accusative case
Regel - Akkusativ
Nominativ + sein
Akkusativ + other verbs
(e.g. haben, suchen,
fressen etc.)
Ein Beispiel
Das ist der Hund.
Ich kaufe Hundefutter
für den Hund.
Hausaufgabe
O Übung 12 (page 95)
Examples:
1. Der Hund frisst gern Fleisch.
2. Die Katze trinkt gern Milch.
O Übung 13 (page 95)
Examples:
1. Der Hamster ist verloren!
2. Ich suche den Hamster.
A / an
O for
O ‘der’ words use ‘ein’
O ‘die’ words use ‘eine’
O ‘das’ words use ‘ein’
my
O For
O ‘der’ words use ‘mein’
O ‘die’ words use ‘meine’
O ‘das’ words use ‘mein’
your
O For
O ‘der’ words use ‘dein’
O ‘die’ words use ‘deine’
O ‘das words use ‘dein’