pronounced [a] as in 'kalt' and [a] as in 'sagen'

Greetings and locating things: capital letters on German nouns

German

This unit introduces core vocabulary and grammatical gender to identify and describe items in the classroom. The verb 'sein', definite and indefinite articles and key question words enable simple conversations. Pupils practise sound-symbol correspondences long and short [a] and [e], [ei] and [z]

In the classroom:  'sein', nouns, articles, questions

Translate this sentence into English: Wo ist das Fenster?

Translate this sentence into German: The class is here. 

Way to categorise all nouns as either feminine, masculine or neuter	

Refers to physical gender e.g. male, female

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