Year 10 - German
Wenn ich 16 bin: würd- with gern and lieber, imperfect subjunctive hätte, wäre
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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 conditional, 'hätte' and 'wäre' to say what you would like to do in future.
Key Notes
- To talk about something something you would or might do, use 'würd-' to mean 'would' and an infinitive verb at the end.
- Use 'gern' and 'lieber' with 'würde' to talk about what we would like or would prefer to do.
- To say 'would have', use 'hätte'.
- To say 'would be', use 'wäre'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- würd-: form of 'werden' meaning 'would', used with a 2nd infinitive to express a conditional idea
- hätte: imperfect subjunctive form of 'haben' meaning 'would have'
- wäre: imperfect subjunctive form of 'sein' meaning 'would be'
- conditional: grammar structure expressing what you would do or what might happen in the future
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Use 'würd-' whenever you want to say 'would'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
To talk about something something you would or might do, use 'würd-' to mean 'would' and an infinitive verb at the end. Use 'gern' and 'lieber' with 'würde' to talk about what we would like or would prefer to do.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'würd-'
form of 'werden' meaning 'would', used with a 2nd infinitive to express a conditional idea. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Use 'würd-' whenever you want to say 'would'. Correction: 'Würd-' works for very many cases and is easy to remember because it sounds like the English 'would'. But 'haben' and 'sein' are important exceptions, especially in spoken German. 'Hätte' means 'I would have' and 'wäre' means 'I would be'.
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
- 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
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