Year 11 - German
Traditionen in der Schweiz: abstract adjectival neuter nouns
Travel and tourism: Kulturszene
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits previously taught grammar with practice of the perfect tense (haben and sein) and simple past with früher, gern and lieber. Comparative adverb structures are consolidated along with plural nouns and irregular nationality nouns. 'wo' and 'was' in relative clauses are revisited.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply your linguistic skills to cope with longer texts, and you am confident in the use of abstract adjectival nouns, in the context of Swiss traditions.
Key Notes
- Use your linguistic knowledge to break down language in longer texts and aid your understanding.
- Abstract adjectival nouns refer to abstract ideas, such as 'important', 'interesting'.
- After 'etwas', capitalise the adjective and add '-es' to make a neuter abstract adjectival noun.
- After 'alles', capitalise the adjective and add '-e' to make a neuter abstract adjectival noun.
- Use dictation tasks to reinforce your understanding of sound-symbol correspondences.
Vocabulary To Learn
- abstract adjectival noun: noun that takes the same endings as an adjective, and refers to an abstract idea, e.g., 'etwas Interessantes'
- etwas: indefinite pronoun meaning 'something', often followed by an abstract adjectival noun
- alles: indefinite pronoun meaning 'everything', often followed by an abstract adjectival noun
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Adjectival nouns do not require a capital letter because they come from adjectives.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Use your linguistic knowledge to break down language in longer texts and aid your understanding. Abstract adjectival nouns refer to abstract ideas, such as 'important', 'interesting'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'abstract adjectival noun'
noun that takes the same endings as an adjective, and refers to an abstract idea, e.g., 'etwas Interessantes'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Adjectival nouns do not require a capital letter because they come from adjectives. Correction: Adjectival nouns require a capital letter, just like all nouns in German.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Bertha von Suttner: perfect tense change of state verbs, superlative adjectives Study Guide
- Berühmte Deutsche: subject relative clauses, wh- pronouns in relative clauses Study Guide
- Die Brüder Grimm: plural nouns, weak masculine nouns Study Guide
- Die Vennbahn: perfect tense, imperfect tense, weak past participles Study Guide
- Traditionen in Österreich: comparative adverbs, postnominal superlatives Study Guide
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