Year 10 - German
Pläne: word order with 'sobald', 'solange' and 'wenn'
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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 the word order 3 conjunctions 'sobald', 'solange' and 'wenn' to discuss conditions for future plans.
Key Notes
- 'Sobald' means 'as soon as' and 'solange' means 'as long as'.
- 'Sobald', 'solange' and 'wenn' are all WO3 conjunctions, sending the verb to the end of the sentence.
- Present, future and conditional tenses ('würd-' plus infinitive and 'möchte') can be used to talk about future plans.
- Use 'wenn', 'sobald' and 'solange', plus 'würd- gern' and 'würd- lieber', to extend answers.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sobald: conjunction with word order 3 (WO3), meaning 'as soon as'
- solange: conjunction with WO3, meaning 'as long as'
- wenn: conjunction with WO3, meaning 'if' or 'when/whenever'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'Solange' and 'sobald' have to be used with 'als' to translate the 'as' in 'as long/soon as'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Sobald' means 'as soon as' and 'solange' means 'as long as'. 'Sobald', 'solange' and 'wenn' are all WO3 conjunctions, sending the verb to the end of the sentence.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'sobald'
conjunction with word order 3 (WO3), meaning 'as soon as'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'Solange' and 'sobald' have to be used with 'als' to translate the 'as' in 'as long/soon as'. Correction: The single word 'solange' is the translation for three English words - 'as long as' - and the same for 'sobald' - 'as soon as'.
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
- 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
- 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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