German 2, Semester I; Der Tagesablauf
Sections:

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

  Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |  Part C  |   Part D |   Part E

Section One - Part C

Dein Tagesablauf Read and Learn About Some Cultural Aspect

Berichte von deinem Tagesablauf. Let's talk about your daily routine. View the presentation to learn how you can talk about the things you do in a typical day.

Vocabulary practicePractice your new vocabulary words here before we go on.
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Key ConceptDie Verben
You will remember that we use verbs to talk about what actions we do. The verbs that we will use to talk about our daily routine are slightly different than most that we have worked with. Look at the vocabulary pictures in the table and see if you can recognize anything different about them as you begin to learn their meanings.

Wake up Stand up Washes hands Bathe
Der Junge badet sich.
Girl washes Comb hair Combs hair Gets dressed
Brushes teeth Dries off Put on make-up Goes to bed
Enjoy Puts on shoes Dries hair Has fun

You learned one of these kinds of verbs early on. "Ich nenne mich...." is one of these. These verbs are called reflexive. The subjects (ich, du, er, etc.) do the action to themselves in these verbs. You must use both parts of these verbs. Let's look at "sich waschen."

sich waschen = to wash oneself
ich wasche mich wir waschen uns
du wäschst dich ihr wascht euch

er
sie wäscht sich
es

sie waschen sich

These verbs all require the use of the reflexive pronoun if they are used reflexively (the subjects are doing the actions to themselves).

Now go on to Part D.

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