Question | Answer |
What is the "definite article" | the definite article is used for specific objects - in english it is 'the'. In german it is der (masc), die (fem) or das (neuter) |
What is the indefinite article? | The indefinite article is used to talk about general objects - in english we say 'a' or 'an'. In german it is 'ein' (masc), eine (fem) ein (neuter). |
Where does the verb go when talking about the future. "Ich werde...." | The verb is sent to the end of the sentence. |
Where does the verb go when talking about the present tense? "Ich..." | the verb is at the beginning of the sentence. |
Where does the verb go in the past tense? | The verb goes at the end of the sentence. |
What does 'conjugate' the verb mean? And when is it used? | To conjugate a verb in german means to change the verb according to who is speaking, ie 1st, 2nd or 3rd person. the endings differ from -e, -st,-t, -en. It is used in present tense. |
What is the 'auxiliary verb'? | the auxiliary verb in german is either sein or haben |
What is the Nominative? | Nominative refers to the subject of the sentence, the person that is doing the action, 'ich' 'du' 'Bob' etc |
What is the accusative? | The accusative is used for the direct object and object of the preposition (under, on, next to etc). Accusative being 'in das' or abbreviated to 'ins'. |
What is the Dative? | The dative is used for the indirect object, 'in dem' or abbreviated to 'im'. |
what are the articles when used the accusative? | Den (masc) Die (fem) Das (neuter) |
What are the articles when using dative? | Dem (masc) der (fem) den (neuter) |
What is a conjunction? | A word used to link 2 or more sentences together, in german for example. 'weil' which means because. |
What is a subordinate conjunction? | It joins a subordinate clause to another sentence where it would otherwise not make sense alone. |
When using a conjuction where does the verb go in the sentence? | It is sent to the end. |
What is the 'TMP' rule? | Time, manner, place. For example, 'Erik kommt heute mit der Bahn nach Hause." |
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