Year 10 - German
Das Pfandsystem: word order with 'wenn', inversion, plural nouns
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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 'wenn' to describe outcomes of actions.
Key Notes
- Word order three conjunctions like 'wenn' send the verb to the end.
- The subject and verb are inverted in word order two.
- There are many ways to form the plural in German.
Vocabulary To Learn
- wenn: conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when' which triggers word order 3
- word order 2: (WO2) inverts the subject and verb in a sentence
- word order 3: (WO3) sends the verb to the end of the sentence or clause after certain conjunctions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All sentences with 'wenn' use word order 3 and send the verb to the end.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Word order three conjunctions like 'wenn' send the verb to the end. The subject and verb are inverted in word order two.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'wenn'
conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when' which triggers word order 3. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: All sentences with 'wenn' use word order 3 and send the verb to the end. Correction: Distinguish between a clause and a sentence. 'Wenn' clauses need a second clause to complete a sentence. A clause starting with 'wenn' sends the verb to the end. If the 'wenn' clause is first, the second clause (after the comma) uses inversion.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Berufe: 'werden' + infinitive, wh-questions in future and conditional tenses Study Guide
- Berufserfahrung: 'Sie', 'Ihnen', interrogatives 'wer', 'wen', 'wem' Study Guide
- Berufserfahrung: verbs with indirect objects, dative pronouns 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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