Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing
Learning outcomes
I can use grammar I have recently learned to write an extended text about my future plans.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [s-] and [z].
Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing
Learning outcomes
I can use grammar I have recently learned to write an extended text about my future plans.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [s-] and [z].
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Key learning points
- German [s-] sounds like English 'z'. German [z] sounds like English 'ts'.
- German cognates ending in ‘-tion’ have this ‘ts’ sound plus long vowel [o]n, as in 'Information'.
- Add -er to verb stems to create male agent nouns; for example, 'Arbeiter', 'Helfer'. Add -in for the feminine form.
- Develop writing with: different tenses, a range of vocabulary, and functions, e.g., opinions and reasons.
Keywords
Male agent noun - masculine noun for someone who performs the action of a verb, usually ending in -er; for example, worker - ‘Arbeiter’
Common misconception
'z' is pronounced the same way in both English and German.
German [z] sounds like the English 'ts'. German [s-] is pronounced like the English 'z'. Use example words to remind you of the difference, e.g., 'Zug' (train) and 'Suche' (search).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
(have) thought
knew, (have) known
did, (have) done
(have) named
(have) pulled, moved
just, fair
happened
at, with
to complain
present, future, conditional
nouns, adverbs, time phrases
opinions, reasons
Exit quiz
6 Questions
brought
thought
lay
let, allowed
sat
knew