Year 10 - German
16 Bundesländer: numbers, articles following 'in', 'zu', 'nach'
Travel and tourism: Reiseziele
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Unit Summary
This consolidation unit revisits all of the grammar covered in previous units in the context of travel destinations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Pupils learn to use 'man' in order to avoid the passive, and also learn 'sein' and 'ihr' in nominative, accusative and dative to mean 'its'.
Lesson Summary
You understand the format and use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in German, and can use the correct preposition to express 'to'.
Key Notes
- Cardinal numbers (e.g., 'one') are used for counting or quantities. Ordinal numbers (e.g., 'first') show order.
- Add '-te' to numbers 1-19 and '-ste' to numbers 20 and above to create ordinal numbers, e.g., 'fünfte' ('fifth').
- For dates, use 'am' to say 'on the' and add '-n' to the ordinal number, e.g., 'am fünften August' (on the 5th August).
- Use 'in' with the dative case to say 'in' and with the accusative case to mean 'into', e.g., 'ich gehe in die Schule'.
- 'Nach' means 'to' with place names and most countries. Use 'zu' plus dative for places with articles, people and events.
Vocabulary To Learn
- cardinal number: used for counting or quantities, e.g., 'zweihundert'
- ordinal number: shows the order of something, e.g., 'first'
- in: preposition which means 'in' with the dative case or 'into' with the accusative case
- nach: preposition meaning 'to', used with most countries, place names and places without articles
- zu: preposition meaning 'to', used with the dative case and with people and places with articles
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Always use 'zu' to mean 'to'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Cardinal numbers (e.g., 'one') are used for counting or quantities. Ordinal numbers (e.g., 'first') show order. Add '-te' to numbers 1-19 and '-ste' to numbers 20 and above to create ordinal numbers, e.g., 'fünfte' ('fifth').
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'cardinal number'
used for counting or quantities, e.g., 'zweihundert'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Always use 'zu' to mean 'to'. Correction: 'To' is expressed in different ways in German. 'In' and 'nach' also mean 'to'. 'Zu' can also mean 'shut', 'closed' or 'off'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Badeschiff Berlin: possessive adjectives, modal verbs, 2-verb structures Study Guide
- Berlin: 'wissen' vs 'kennen' Study Guide
- Bern: 'es gibt' vs 'da sind', determiners and prepositions Study Guide
- Das Ruhrgebiet: perfect tense irregular verbs, imperfect tense, 'früher' Study Guide
- Die Sächsische Schweiz: 'man' + verb, 'Lieblings-' and 'Haupt-' Study Guide
- Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn: past tense, past participles, time-manner-place Study Guide
- Düsseldorf: past participles of strong and irregular verbs, questions Study Guide
- Eine Reise: present tense, separable verbs, possessive adjectives Study Guide
- Frankfurter Buchmesse: uncountable quantifiers, abstract adjectival neuter nouns Study Guide
- Graz: word order rules, possessive adjectives Study Guide
- Reisen: extending vocabulary Study Guide
- Romantische Straße: future tense, present tense with adverbs to express future Study Guide
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