Year 10 - German
Junge Deutsche: weak plural masculine nouns, feminine person nouns
Studying and my future: Aufwachsen, Altersgrenzen und Zukunftspläne
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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 form singular and plural masculine and feminine person nouns to discuss careers for young Germans.
Key Notes
- Some masculine nouns, most of them referring to people or animals, add –(e)n to form the plural.
- To change a masculine noun into a feminine noun, add '-in'; add 'nen' to make feminine nouns ending 'in' plural.
- Some nouns, often of foreign origin, add 's' in the plural; this does not apply to person nouns.
- The imperfect tense is commonly used to recount past events in writing. Irregular verb stems need to be learned.
Vocabulary To Learn
- weak masculine noun: a small set of masculine nouns that add -(e)n in all forms apart from singular nominative
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Alll German words of foreign origin form their plural by adding 's'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Some masculine nouns, most of them referring to people or animals, add –(e)n to form the plural. To change a masculine noun into a feminine noun, add '-in'; add 'nen' to make feminine nouns ending 'in' plural.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'weak masculine noun'
a small set of masculine nouns that add -(e)n in all forms apart from singular nominative. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Alll German words of foreign origin form their plural by adding 's'. Correction: Inanimate nouns add 's': 'Interviews', 'Songs'. Person nouns ending in -er (e.g., 'Reporter') do not change in the masculine plural. Weak masculine nouns (e.g., 'Journalist') add -en in the plural. Feminine plurals add -nen (e.g., 'Journalistinnen').
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
- 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
- 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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