Mein Alltag jetzt und früher: '-chen' and '-lein', 'wenn' and 'als'
Learning outcomes
I can use the perfect and present tenses, along with ‘wenn’ and ‘als’, to compare past and present routines and activities.
I can recognise, write and pronounce soft [ch] and [ei].
Mein Alltag jetzt und früher: '-chen' and '-lein', 'wenn' and 'als'
Learning outcomes
I can use the perfect and present tenses, along with ‘wenn’ and ‘als’, to compare past and present routines and activities.
I can recognise, write and pronounce soft [ch] and [ei].
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Key learning points
- German [ch] can be soft or hard. The sound [ei] is pronounced like ‘frei’.
- The suffixes -chen and -lein are added to make diminutive nouns. They often gain an umlaut and are always neuter.
- 'Wenn' means ‘when’, ‘whenever’ of ‘if’ and is used for repeated actions or conditions in the present or future.
- 'Als' means ‘when’ to refer to a specific past event or point in time.
- Both 'als' and 'wenn' trigger word order 3, sending the finite verb to the end of the sentence or clause.
Keywords
Wenn - conjunction meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’ which triggers word order 3
Als - conjunction meaning ‘when’, referring to specific past events, which triggers word order 3
Word order 3 - (WO3) after certain conjunctions, the verb is sent to the end of the sentence or clause
-chen, -lein - suffixes added to nouns to make diminutive or ‘little’ forms
Common misconception
We use 'wann' to say what we did, do or will do 'when'.
'Wann' is a question word and means 'when' in questions and indirect questions. Use 'als' for 'when' when referring to specific past events or points in time and 'wenn' for repeated actions or conditions in the present or future.
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6 Questions
to depend, depending
to raise, increase
to establish, detect, determine
to imagine, imagining
to prevent, preventing
to give in, hand in, submit
order, tidiness
product
choice
system
at, to the front
back