Year 10 - German
Berufserfahrung: 'Sie', 'Ihnen', interrogatives 'wer', 'wen', 'wem'
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits a wide range of grammar, including modal verbs, the future tense, two-verb structures. It introduces the conditional 'würd-' with gern and lieber and 'hätte' and wäre'. Pupils learn to distinguish müssen vs sollen, and dürfen vs können regarding responsibilites and future plans.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use 'Sie' and 'Ihnen' to address other people politely in the context of enquiring about work experience.
Key Notes
- 'Sie' is the polite way of saying 'you' and is a subject pronoun.
- The direct object pronoun for 'Sie' is also 'Sie'. The indirect object pronoun is 'Ihnen'.
- The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wen' in the accusative.
- The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wem' in the dative.
Vocabulary To Learn
- wer, wen, wem: question word meaning 'who' or 'whom' which changes according to case
- object pronoun: word which replaces the object of a verb; it is the accusative for a direct object, e.g., 'Sie' (you formal) or dative for an indirect object, e.g., 'Ihnen'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Use 'wer' in German whenever you want to say 'who'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Sie' is the polite way of saying 'you' and is a subject pronoun. The direct object pronoun for 'Sie' is also 'Sie'. The indirect object pronoun is 'Ihnen'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'wer, wen, wem'
question word meaning 'who' or 'whom' which changes according to case. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Use 'wer' in German whenever you want to say 'who'. Correction: There are 3 different forms of 'who' in German, which should be used correctly to match the case required in each sentence. There are different forms in English (who, whom), but we don't often use 'whom'. The rules in German are stricter.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Berufe: 'werden' + infinitive, wh-questions in future and conditional tenses Study Guide
- Berufserfahrung: verbs with indirect objects, dative pronouns Study Guide
- Das Pfandsystem: word order with 'wenn', inversion, plural nouns Study Guide
- Hitzefrei: 'müssen' vs 'sollen', 'sollen' vs 'sollte' Study Guide
- Junge Deutsche: neuter adjectival nouns, nominalisation, adjectival agreement Study Guide
- Junge Deutsche: telling the time, uses of 'es' Study Guide
- Junge Deutsche: weak plural masculine nouns, feminine person nouns Study Guide
- Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing Study Guide
- Pläne: word order with 'sobald', 'solange' and 'wenn' Study Guide
- Was darf man ab wann? 'Dürfen' vs 'können', wh- questions and modal verbs Study Guide
- Wenn ich 16 bin: würd- with gern and lieber, imperfect subjunctive hätte, wäre Study Guide
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