Year 10 - German
Vorbilder: accusative definite articles, verbs with accusative prepositions
My personal world: Beziehungen und Feste
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits verbs with prepositions, and adds to previous knowledge of da- and wo- compounds in the accusative and the dative. Reflexive verbs are revisited in the context of family relationships, together with word order and the use of wen, wem, with reflexive questions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use verbs and prepositions with the accusative case to describe events and feelings in the context of sports role models.
Key Notes
- Some prepositions are always followed by the accusative case: 'durch', 'für', 'ohne', 'gegen'.
- Masculine definite article 'der' changes to 'den' in the accusative case.
- Some verbs are followed by prepositions which take the accusative case.
- Verbs which are followed by prepositions often use different prepositions in English.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preposition: a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word; also used after some verbs
- accusative case: usually used to indicate the direct object of a verb; also used after some prepositions
- definite article: word for 'the' which may change according to gender, number and case
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- English verbs followed by prepositions can be directly translated into German.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Some prepositions are always followed by the accusative case: 'durch', 'für', 'ohne', 'gegen'. Masculine definite article 'der' changes to 'den' in the accusative case.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'
a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word; also used after some verbs. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: English verbs followed by prepositions can be directly translated into German. Correction: Whilst many of the same verbs are followed by prepositions in both languages, different prepositions are often used, so these must be learnt.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Beziehungen: reflexive and non-reflexive verbs, reciprocal verbs Study Guide
- Familie: direct object pronouns, singular and plural Study Guide
- Frauen im Motorsport: da-compounds, wo-compounds Study Guide
- Freunde: 'wen' and 'wem' - interrogative, word order with reflexive questions Study Guide
- Junge Pflegende: accusative and dative reflexive pronouns, 'welch-' Study Guide
- Karneval: indirect object pronouns, verbs with indirect objects, 'bei', 'beim' Study Guide
- Traditionen: 'jed-', dative verbs, translation Study Guide
- Traditionen: da-compounds, 'damit' as conjunction and wo-compounds Study Guide
- Weltreligionen und ihre Feste: expanding vocabulary, describing photos Study Guide
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