Year 7 - German
Greetings and location: 'wo' and singular definite articles
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 greet a teacher or friend, ask and answer about where someone is, and recognise the definite article 'the'.
Key Notes
- 'Hallo' is an informal greeting meaning 'hello' or 'hi' and 'Guten Tag' is a more formal version of 'hello'.
- 'Wo ist?' asks 'where is?' in simple location questions.
- [a] can be either short (followed by 2 consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant, double vowel or 'h').
- German has three words for 'the': der (masculine), die (feminine) and das (neuter).
- Every noun in German has a grammatical gender, which is not the same as biological gender.
Vocabulary To Learn
- wo: where
- ist: is
- [a]: pronounced short [a] as in kalt and long [a] as in sagen
- definite article: different forms of the singular 'the': 'der', 'die', 'das'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as a girl if it is masculine we think of it as a boy.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Hallo' is an informal greeting meaning 'hello' or 'hi' and 'Guten Tag' is a more formal version of 'hello'. 'Wo ist?' asks 'where is?' in simple location questions.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'wo'
where. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as a girl if it is masculine we think of it as a boy. Correction: Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Classroom conversations: German alphabet Study Guide
- 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
- 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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