German I, Semester 2, Die Freizeitaktivitäten

Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |   Section 2  |   Section 3   |   Dictionaries

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D  |  Part E   |   Part F   |   Part G

Section One - Part E Sport treiben We know how to say the names of various sports, and we know how to say we play any one of them (spielen), but the English word "sports" can be a bit tricky. It can be the plural of "sport," as in "I play three sports," but it can also mean "athletics," a generic term than has no singular form. Let's make sure you know the German for all of these possibilities. If you're talking about a single sport, you can use the singular: "Ich spiele nur einen Sport: Tennis." The plural of this is "Sportarten" (i.e."kinds of sports"), as in "Unsere Schule hat die Meisterschaft in drei Sportarten gewonnen." ("Our school won the championship in three sports.") Sometimes in English we say that someone "does/is involved in sports," or we ask "Do you do sports?" The German phrase for this is Sport treiben, as in "Treibst du gern Sport?" ("Do you like to do sports?" ) or "Sie treibt viel Sport" ("She does sports a lot./She's very athletic.") That last sentence doesn't have to imply that she's in a LOT of sports, just that she spends a lot of time in athletics. It could be one sport or many. Practice this vocabulary in this practice activity. Schreib diese Sätze in dein Heft. Wenn du fertig bist, klicke auf das Englische, und du siehsr das Deutsche. SpeedWord Wann? Wie oft? When you talk about sports and activities that you like to do, you will probably want to say how frequently you do these things or when you do them. Here are some vocabulary words that will help you learn to say these things. Make note of these words in your notebook and begin learning them. Wann? am Morgen in the morning am Nachmittag in the afternoon am Abend in the evening vor before nach after   Wie oft? immer always nie never manchmal sometimes zweimal twice dreimal three times jeden Tag every day oft frequently selten seldom   Übung Practice this new vocabulary here. JigWord Diskutieren wir Go to the Discussion Board and talk about what sports you play and how often and/or when you play them. Do you play a musical instrument? Do you play the piano or the guitar? If so, express this. If not, write about someone you know who does. Write at least four complete sentences in German using what you have learned in this course. Diese Aufgabe hat 12 Punkte. Dative prepositions In the last unit you learned 6 prepositions tht are always followed by a noun or pronoun in the accusative case (form). Do you remember them? Click on the English to see the German preposition used in a sentence. for Der Brief ist für den Mann until Ich warte bis den Abend. through Das Kind läuft durch das Haus. without Er geht ohne den Mantel. against Wir spielen gegen deine Mannschaft. around, at (a time) Der Hund läuft um 10 Uhr um den Baum. On the last page, the three young people not only talked about their activities, but also where they come from. Do you remember? Anita kommt aus Deutschland; Rudi kommt aus der Schweiz; Gretchen kommt aus Österreich. They also said they liked to do a lot of things "mit den Freunden." The words aus and mit are two of the prepositions that are always followed by the dative case (form). Here is the full list for this unit. It would be a good idea to put both lists of prepostions in your notebook for easy reference. Be sure to write all the English meanings. aus out of, from (a country) außer in addition to, except for, besides bei at (a persion's house, a place of business) mit with nach after, to (a geographical place), according to seit since (a time or period of time) von from, by (an author, etc.) zu to (a building or non-geographical place) Before we practice, this would be a good time to review the chart of the definite articel "the." Write it in your notebook, then click on each arrow to see if you got it right.   Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural Nominative der die das die Accusative den die das die Dative dem der dem den, -n Practice these prepositions with this SpeedWord. If you had difficulty with that SpeedWord, try it again until you can do it quickly. Go on to Part F.

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