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Random K.5 stuff
vocab and grammar
13
Language - German
Undergraduate 2
01/21/2008

Additional Language - German Flashcards

 


 

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Term
cake
Definition
der Kuchen
Term
to explain
Definition
erklären
Term
to tell (a story, joke)
Definition
erzählen
Term
to lend
Definition

leihen

geliehen 

Term

sentence with dative and accusitive

Maria buyes her friend a dog. 

Definition
Maria kauft ihrem Freund ein Hund.
Term

endings for dative case (masculine, neuter, feminine, plural)

 

accusitive singular masc. (Student) 

Definition

-em, -em, -er, -en (no plural ein form)

 

den (den Studenten) 

Term

Questions with who, whom, and whom

wer, wen, wem 

Definition

wer = nominative case like:

"Wer arbeitet heute?" Who's working tonight?

wen = accusitive case like:

"Wen triffst du heute Abend?" = Whom are you meeting tonight?

wem = dative case like:

"Wem leihst du das Zelt" = To whom are you lending the tent? 

Term

conjugating werden

 

"What do you want to be (become)?"

 

"Natalie wants to be (become) a physician."

Definition

ich werde

du wirst

Sie werden

er/sie/es wird

wir  werden

ihr werdet

Sie/sie werden

 

Was willst du werden?

Natalie will Ärztin werden.

Term
expressing location (3 prepositions and 3 the's)
Definition

in...

auf...

an...

...dem/einem

...der/einer

...den

 

in+dem = im

an+dem = am

 

Term
Using auf, an, in
Definition

auf = on (a surface) and public buildings

in = referring to enclosed spaces like in the city or in the supermarket

an = at (like a border or limiting area) ie at my desk or at the window

Term
dative personal pronouns like so and so bought ME
Definition

mir

dir

masc/neut ihm

fem ihr 

Ihnen

uns

euch

plural  ihnen 

Ihnen 

Term

behind

next to

over, above

under

in front of

between

Definition

hinter

neben

über

unter

vor

zwischen 

Term
N-declension nouns for accus. and dative cases
Definition

add -n or -en to the following:

  1. masc. nouns of foreign origin (Patient, Turist, etc.)
  2. Masc. nouns of nationality ending in -e
  3. Masc. nouns ending in -e (der Kollege, Kunde, Junge, Neffe, Name, Gedanke, Wille, Glaube)
  4. Plus (der Bauer, Herr, Mensch, Nachbar, Herz)
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