Year 7 - German
Classroom conversations: German alphabet
In the classroom: 'sein', nouns, articles, questions
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces core vocabulary and grammatical gender to identify and describe items in the classroom. The verb 'sein', definite and indefinite articles and key question words enable simple conversations. Pupils practise sound-symbol correspondences long and short [a] and [e], [ei] and [z]
Lesson Summary
You will learn to ask how to say or spell a word, and you can use the German alphabet to spell.
Key Notes
- 'Wie sagt man das?' means 'How do you say that?'.
- 'Wie schreibt man das?' means 'How do you write that?'.
- Knowing the German alphabet allows you to spell words out loud and write them down.
Vocabulary To Learn
- wie?: how?
- wissen: irregular verb meaning 'to know' something
- weiß: 1st person singular of 'wissen', meaning '(I) know'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'J' is pronounced the same in both English and German.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Wie sagt man das?' means 'How do you say that?'. 'Wie schreibt man das?' means 'How do you write that?'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'wie?'
how? Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'J' is pronounced the same in both English and German. Correction: In German, 'j' is pronounced like 'yot' and sounds like the English 'y'. The German letter 'y' is called 'oopsilon'. It sounds like the German 'j' at the start of borrowed words, e.g., 'Yoga', but like a short ü 'oo' in others, e.g. 'das System'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Describe things: 'sein' 1st and 2nd person singular, negation 'nicht' and 'kein' Study Guide
- Greetings and locating things: capital letters on German nouns Study Guide
- Greetings and location: 'wo' and singular definite articles Study Guide
- How's it going? 'Wie' and the singular indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine', 'ein' Study Guide
- Identifying things: 'ist', 'sein' and learning vocabulary Study Guide
- What is it like? 'Ist' with adjectives Study Guide
- What is it? 'Was' and 'sagen' Study Guide
- Who, what, how and where? Forming questions, compound nouns Study Guide
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