| German I, Semester I; Der Kalender |
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Introduction | Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3 | Dictionaries |
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| Section Three, Part A Wo wohnst du? Subject Pronouns Do you remember all of that? Do you know what the words "I"
and "you" are called in English? Those are called subject
pronouns. They can be the subject of a sentence. Can you think of
what the other subject pronouns are in English? See if you can think of
the subject pronoun to replace these nouns: The subject pronouns in English are:
Make a chart like the one above in your notes and fill it in with the subject pronouns that you already know in German. Then continue here... The subject pronouns in German are (the ones in red are the ones you should already know):
Note: There are several ways in each column to say "you". The ones you already know are the familiar form (du) and the other is the formal form (Sie), but there is also the plural-familiar form (ihr). The distinction between "du" and "Sie" is made in all of the German speaking world. In the plural, however, "ihr" is used to say "you guys" in the familiar. You can also use Sie (you-formal) not only in the singular (Frau Morgenstern), but also in the plural (Frau Morgenstern und Frau Meier). Keeping these pronouns in mind, which one of them would you use in the following situations: To talk to your German teacher To talk about your little brother To talk about your German teacher To talk about your two best male friends To talk to your two best female friends To talk about yourself and a friend To talk about a car We will continue to work with subject pronouns so if you are having trouble, be sure to let your teacher know.  Practice Activity Do this practice activity to see if you have a good grasp on how to replace subject nouns with pronouns. Welcher Monat ist es? What month is it?
In each of these sample dates, you can see that the day and month are switched, and that a period is used after the number instead of a comma. There should be no comma in the date in German if written properly. Another difference having to do with dates is that in English, we generally write April 30 as 4/30. In German, this is reversed -- 30.4 (thirtieth day of fourth month).  PracticeWith this in mind, try to write the months and dates for the following. Click each one to see if you are right. January 4, 2010 November 20, 2009 June 10, 2012 May 26, 2013
Sehr gut! Now let's work on saying the date. Just as in English, German uses ordinal numbers to express dates (second, fourth, eighteenth, etc.). German ordinal numbers are easy to form. For numbers 1-19, simply add the suffix –te to the regular number spelling; for numbers 20 and above, add –ste . Of course, there are always a few exceptions: first = erste; third = dritte and seventh = siebte. Now go back to the dates you just practiced writing, and practice saying them instead!
January 4
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Writing
the date in German
Writing Assignment