Year 10 - German
Eine Reise durch Europa: dates
Travel and tourism: Los geht's
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits the future tense, 2-verb structures and the present tense with future meaning. Word order with time-manner-place is consolidated in the context of travel plans.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use dates, years and numbers correctly and infer the meaning of unknown words when reading about and planning a trip across Europe.
Key Notes
- We use ordinal numbers (e.g., 'first', 'second', 'third') for calendar dates.
- To form ordinal numbers 1-19 add '-te', e.g., 'fünfte'; for ordinals 20 and over add '-ste', e.g., 'einundzwanzigste'.
- For 'on the' with dates', use 'am' and add '-n' to the ordinal number, e.g., 'am zweiten März'.
- For years, separate the digits into two pairs, for century and year, and place 'hundert' or 'tausend' between the pairs.
- To infer the meaning of unknown words, examine the surrounding words, review given definitions and select the best fit.
Vocabulary To Learn
- ordinal number: tells you the order of something, e.g., 'first', 'second', 'third', and is used with dates
- am: preposition meaning 'on the', is a contraction of 'an' and the dative definite article 'dem'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Saying or writing years in German is the same as in English, e.g., 1066 is 'zehn sechsundsechzig'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
We use ordinal numbers (e.g., 'first', 'second', 'third') for calendar dates. To form ordinal numbers 1-19 add '-te', e.g., 'fünfte'; for ordinals 20 and over add '-ste', e.g., 'einundzwanzigste'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'ordinal number'
tells you the order of something, e.g., 'first', 'second', 'third', and is used with dates. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Saying or writing years in German is the same as in English, e.g., 1066 is 'zehn sechsundsechzig'. Correction: Block the numbers in pairs as in English, but in German you must use 'hundert' or 'tausend'. 1066 is 'zehnhundertsechsundsechszig'. 2025 is 'zweitausendfünfundzwanzig'.
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