Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'
Learning outcomes
I can apply masculine and neuter plural rules 1 and 2 to build sentences with ‘es gibt’ and ‘viele’.
I can transcribe a range of sounds, including [ü], and use these to sing a German Christmas song.
Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'
Learning outcomes
I can apply masculine and neuter plural rules 1 and 2 to build sentences with ‘es gibt’ and ‘viele’.
I can transcribe a range of sounds, including [ü], and use these to sing a German Christmas song.
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Key learning points
- 'Es gibt' means 'there is' or 'there are' and 'viele' means 'lots of' or 'many'.
- [ü] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant or 'h').
- For noun plural rule 1, most masculine and neuter nouns add -e to the end and an umlaut on the vowel (ä,ö, ü).
- For noun plural rule 2, words ending in -el, -en or -er are often the same in the plural.
- ‘O Tannenbaum’ is a popular German Christmas song and translates as ‘O fir tree’.
Keywords
[ü] - pronounced short [ü] as in 'fünf' and long [ü] as in 'Tür'
Es gibt - 'there is' or 'there are'
Viele - lots of, many
Common misconception
All nouns change in their plural form.
Different nouns have different rules for forming plurals. It is important to learn these and acknowledge that there will always be exceptions to any rule.
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