How's it going? 'Wie' and the singular indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine', 'ein'
Learning outcomes
I can use the question word 'Wie?' to ask how things are going and can use the indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine' and 'ein' in contrast to the definite articles 'der', 'die', 'das'.
I can pronounce [ei] correctly.
How's it going? 'Wie' and the singular indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine', 'ein'
Learning outcomes
I can use the question word 'Wie?' to ask how things are going and can use the indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine' and 'ein' in contrast to the definite articles 'der', 'die', 'das'.
I can pronounce [ei] correctly.
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Key learning points
- [ei] sounds like the German word 'frei' and the English word 'eye'.
- 'Wie?' means 'How?', like in 'Wie geht's?' ('How's it going?').
- German has three words for 'a': 'ein' (masculine), 'eine' (feminine) and 'ein' (neuter).
- 'A' (ein, eine, ein) introduces new information; 'the' (der, die, das) refers to something already mentioned or known.
Keywords
Ei - pronounced ‘ei’ as in 'frei'
Indefinite article - different forms of ‘a’: ‘ein’, ‘eine’, ‘ein'
Common misconception
[ei] is pronounced like the English [e].
[ei] is pronounced as in the key word 'frei' and like the English 'eye'.
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