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A new neighbourhood: accusative and dative prepositions

New home: adjective endings in nominative, accusative and dative

Unit Summary

This unit revisits and extends knowledge of adjective endings with definite and indefinite articles. As pupils describe their new house and neighbours, they revisit word order, manipulating sentence starts with time, manner or place in order to emphasise ideas.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use different prepositions to understand and say exactly where things are in your neighbourhood.

Key Notes

  • German [w] sounds like English [v]; German [v] sounds like English [f].
  • In German words of foreign origin, [v] usually sounds like English [v].
  • Some German adverbs are adjective + (er)weise, where English adverbs are adjectives + ly, e.g. normalerweise - normally.
  • The dative case is always used after the prepositions 'aus', 'bei', 'mit', 'nach', 'seit', 'von', and 'zu'.
  • After 'in, an, auf, vor, neben, hinter', dative is used when talking about location in, but accusative for movement to.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • preposition: word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
  • dative: case used for the indirect object in a sentence and after a dative verb or preposition

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • German [v] is always pronounced like English [f].

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

German [w] sounds like English [v]; German [v] sounds like English [f]. In German words of foreign origin, [v] usually sounds like English [v].

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'

word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: German [v] is always pronounced like English [f]. Correction: In many words, German [v] sounds like English [f]. However, in German words of foreign origin, [v] usually sounds the same as English [v], e.g., 'Universität', 'November', 'Aktivität'.

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