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Who has what? 'haben' 1st, 3rd person singular, definite article 'den'

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I can say what I or someone else has using the verb 'haben' and the definite article 'den'.

I can pronounce [w].

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Who has what? 'haben' 1st, 3rd person singular, definite article 'den'

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I can say what I or someone else has using the verb 'haben' and the definite article 'den'.

I can pronounce [w].

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Key learning points

  1. [w] sounds like the English [v].
  2. The question word 'Wer?' means 'Who?'.
  3. The verb 'haben' means 'to have/having'. Its short form 'hat' means 'has'.
  4. The masculine word for 'the' ('der') changes to 'den' after most verbs (including 'haben') but not after 'sein'.

Keywords

  • [w] - pronounced as in 'Wo?'

  • Wer - who

  • Haben - the verb 'to have, having'

  • Den - definite article 'the' used with masculine singular nouns after 'haben'

  • False friend - a word that looks or sounds similar in two languages, but does not share the same meaning

Common misconception

'Wer' means 'where' in English because it sounds the same.

'Wer' means 'who' in English. Words that sound identical but have different meanings are called false friends and we should be aware of them.


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6 Questions

Q1.
The words 'der, die, das' all mean ...
Correct answer: 'the'.
'and'.
'I'.
'a'.
'you'.
Q2.
Match each of these German words to the correct English translations.
Correct Answer:sagt,say, tell
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say, tell

Correct Answer:ja,yes
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yes

Correct Answer:nicht,not
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not

Correct Answer:Tag,day
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day

Correct Answer:wo?,where?
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where?

Correct Answer:was?,what?
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what?

Q3.
Which sound symbol correspondence do the following words share? 'sein, ein, zwei'
[w]
Correct answer: [ei]
[ie]
[z]
[e]
Q4.
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Wo bist du? Ich hier!'
Correct Answer: bin
Q5.
Which of the following are nouns?
Correct answer: die Flasche
sagen
Correct answer: der Mann
richtig
Correct answer: das Fenster
Q6.
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: ' ist die Klasse? Die Klasse ist hier.'
Correct Answer: Wo, wo

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5 Questions

Q1.
When a word sounds and looks the same in two languages, but means something different, it is called a .
Correct Answer: false friend, false friends
Q2.
Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Was hast du? Ich __________ einen Fußball.'
bin
hat
Correct answer: habe
ist
haben
Q3.
In German, the sound [w] is pronounced like ...
Correct answer: an English [v], as in 'very'.
an English [f], as in 'four'.
an English [w], as in 'web'.
an English [s], as in 'sound'.
an English [b], as in 'ball'.
Q4.
Which of these sentences is grammatically incorrect?
Die Welt ist warm.
Correct answer: Sophie hat der Ball.
Ich habe den Fußball.
Ich habe das Wasser.
Ist das klar?
Q5.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'Jacob has the football.'
Correct Answer: Jacob hat den Fußball., Jacob hat den Fußball, Jacob hat den Fussball, Jacob hat den Fussball.

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