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A family in Namibia: possessives 'mein', 'dein', 'sein', 'ihr' (nominative)

I can describe someone else's day using a range of vocabulary, possessive adjectives and verbs in the present tense.

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A family in Namibia: possessives 'mein', 'dein', 'sein', 'ihr' (nominative)

I can describe someone else's day using a range of vocabulary, possessive adjectives and verbs in the present tense.

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Key learning points

  1. There is a German-speaking community in Namibia.
  2. Verb endings show who is doing an action.
  3. Subject pronouns represent the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb and have specific verb endings.
  4. Verb endings for weak verbs are ‘ich’ -e, ‘du’ -st, ‘sie, er, es’ -t, ‘wir’ -en and ‘sie’ (they) -en.
  5. Possessive adjectives show who possesses something, and must match the noun in gender and number.

Keywords

  • Verb ending - letter(s) added to the verb stem to show who is doing an action

  • Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘they’

  • Possessive adjective - describes who possesses a noun, e.g., 'mein Bruder'

Common misconception

Possessive adjectives match the gender of the person who possesses the noun.

Possessive adjectives match the gender of the noun they describe, not the person who possesses it!


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the subject pronouns.
Correct Answer:ich,I
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I

Correct Answer:du,you
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you

Correct Answer:er,he
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he

Correct Answer:sie,they
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they

Correct Answer:es,it
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it

Correct Answer:wir,we
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we

Q2.
Sort the words below into the correct order to create a sentence in word order 1 (subject - verb - adverb - noun).
1 - mein
2 - Vater
3 - hilft
4 - donnerstags
5 - im Geschäft
Q3.
Which of these words are adverbs?
Correct answer: mittwochs
Correct answer: nie
rot
ihr
Correct answer: nachmittags
Q4.
Choose the correct noun to complete the following sentence: 'Seine __________ arbeitet im Hotel.'
Lehrer (m)
Correct answer: Frau (f)
Geschwister (pl)
Kind (nt)
Q5.
Translate the following sentence into English: 'Meine Schwester und ich laufen.'
Correct Answer: My sister and I run., My sister and I are running.
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'We are siblings.'
Correct Answer: Wir sind Geschwister.

6 Questions

Q1.
What is 'the United Kingdom' in German?
die Vereinigten Staaten
die Niederlande
Litauen
England
Correct answer: das Vereinigtes Königreich
Q2.
Fill in the gap in the following sentence with the correct subject pronoun: ' schwimme jeden Tag.'
Correct Answer: Ich
Q3.
Match the present tense verb endings.
Correct Answer:ich,-e
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-e

Correct Answer:du,-st
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-st

Correct Answer:sie, er, es,-t
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-t

Correct Answer:wir,-en
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-en

Q4.
'Ihre Mutter und ihr Vater __________ zusammen.' Choose the correct verb.
surfe
Correct answer: surfen
surfst
surft
Q5.
'__________ Zwillingsbruder isst kein Fleisch.' Choose the correct possessive adjective.
Correct answer: mein
sein
seine
deine
ihre
Q6.
Rewrite the sentence in the 3rd person (reporter's perspective). A male is speaking. 'Mein Vater kocht Fisch.'
Correct Answer: Sein Vater kocht Fisch.

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