Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns
Learning outcomes
I can identify compound nouns, label their grammatical gender and use familiar strong verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular present tense to compare activities.
I can correctly pronounce [r].
Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns
Learning outcomes
I can identify compound nouns, label their grammatical gender and use familiar strong verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular present tense to compare activities.
I can correctly pronounce [r].
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Key learning points
- [r] is a rolling sound at the start of a syllable, after a consonant or a short vowel. This is consonantal [r].
- [r] is a gentle 'ah' sound after a long vowel and in '-er'. It often sounds barely there. This is vocalic [r].
- Combine two or more nouns to form a compound noun. Its grammatical gender will be the same as that of the final noun.
- The English meaning of German compound nouns is not always a word-for-word translation.
- Strong verbs have a vowel change in their verb stem in the ‘du’, ‘sie’, ‘er’ and ‘es’ forms.
Keywords
[r] - pronounced with a rolling sound as in 'reden', or a gentle 'ah' sound as in 'Uhr'
Compound noun - two or more nouns put together to make one longer noun
Strong verb - a verb which changes its vowel in the verb stem of some of its forms
Common misconception
Compound nouns take the gender of their first noun.
Compound nouns take the gender of their final noun.
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